GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-45
SENATE BILL 626

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DURHAM CITY COUNCIL TO DELEGATE TO THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FIREWORKS DISPLAYS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 60 of the Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 60.  Fireworks and Firearms. – The City Council may regulate or prevent the firing of firearms, fireworks, and all explosives or combustible or dangerous material in the streets, public grounds or elsewhere, within or near the City.
Fireworks may be exhibited, used or discharged at public exhibitions, such as fairs, carnivals, shows of all descriptions and public celebrations, only after written permission has been obtained from the City.  The City Council may delegate authority to grant such permission to the city fire department."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of May, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives