Counties cannot bar some private fireworks displays during safe conditions

Licensed fireworks sellers may sell fireworks during the periods listed in the act. Licensed manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers may sell fireworks to Oklahoma residents and nonresidents; retail sales must occur at licensed locations. Mail-order sales to consumers are prohibited. A sales clerk must be on duty when a consumer buys fireworks. Retail sales areas must display no-smoking signs and follow the listed building and safety rules. Retailers may sell fireworks from June 15 through July 6 or the first Sunday after July 4, whichever is later, and from December 15 through January 2. The act says it takes effect after passage and approval. The listed retail-sales periods apply each calendar year.

Counties may not prohibit a private, noncommercial outdoor fireworks display when the act’s property, fire-ban, and weather conditions are met. The rule covers displays on private property for noncommercial purposes. The display cannot occur during a county burn ban. There must be no listed red-flag conditions: sustained winds above 20 miles per hour, relative humidity at or below 25%, or ten-hour dead-fuel moisture at or below 9%. People lighting fireworks under the stated weather conditions must notify the local responding fire department beforehand. The act says these rules take effect after passage and approval and apply when a qualifying private display is planned.

People may not sell, give away, distribute, or use stick-mounted skyrockets in Oklahoma. The prohibition covers skyrockets with sticks, including bottle rockets and stick rockets, but does not cover certain sales to state-licensed outdoor display operators or their use in licensed commercial aerial displays. The prohibition does not apply to sales by retail or wholesale fireworks distributors to state-licensed outdoor display operators. It also does not apply to use in commercial aerial displays performed by state-licensed outdoor display operators. Consumer fireworks without required federal labels and transportation markings are prohibited. The act says these rules take effect after passage and approval.