Ch. 5

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

candles" is retained although arguably included in the defined term "1.4 G
fireworks". However, the Public Safety Article Review Committee notes,
for the consideration of the General Assembly, that the defined term "1.4 G
fireworks" does not include all kinds of rockets or Roman candles.

In subsection (a)(3)(ii) of this section, the reference to the defined term "1.3
G fireworks" is substituted for the former reference to "1.3 G display
fireworks" for consistency.

In subsection (b) of this section, the reference to a license "to operate a
fireworks plant" is added for clarity.

Also in subsection (b) of this section, the reference to a license being
"issued or renewed" is substituted for the former reference to the granting
of a "new" license or renewal of a "currently effective" license for brevity.

In subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this section, the reference to being "in full
compliance" is substituted for the former reference to "wholly in
compliance" for clarity.

In subsection (c)(2) of this section, the reference to a "unit ... that is
responsible for determining compliance with other applicable statutes,
ordinances, and regulations" is substituted for the former reference to
"agency responsible" for clarity.

In subsection (c)(3) of this section, the reference to the "unit of the State or
political subdivision of the State that is responsible for determining
compliance" is substituted for the former reference to "appropriate"
agencies for clarity.

Also in subsection (c)(3) of this section, the reference to compliance "with
the applicable statutes, ordinances, and regulations" is added for clarity.

In subsection (d) of this section, the reference to a "felony under federal law
or any state law" is substituted for the former reference to "a crime defined
as a felony under federal law or the laws of the state in which the
conviction was adjudged, regardless of point in time" for brevity.

Also in subsection (d) of this section, the reference to a license "to operate
a fireworks plant" is substituted for the former reference to a "fireworks
manufacturing" license for consistency within this subtitle.

In subsection (e) of this section, the reference to "[t]he term of a license" is
substituted for the former statement that "[a] license ... shall be issued for
no longer than" for consistency.

In subsection (f) of this section, the reference to "[a]n applicant" is added to
state affirmatively that an applicant must pay the licensing fee to operate
a fireworks plant in the State.

In subsection (g) of this section, the former reference to the "additional
effect" of a violation is deleted as unnecessary.

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