MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Horne
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-13-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF FIREWORKS YEAR-ROUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 45-13-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
45-13-9. * * *
Fireworks shall be available at retail year-round. No fireworks shall
be sold to any person under the age of twelve (12) years. It shall be unlawful
to ignite or discharge fireworks of any type within six hundred (600) feet of
any church, hospital or school, or within seventy-five (75) feet of where
fireworks are stored or offered for sale. It shall also be unlawful to ignite
or discharge the same within or throw the same from or into or at any motor
vehicle.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.