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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. No person shall offer to sell or sell fireworks to a child known to be under the age of fifteen years or to any person known to be intoxicated or any person known to be irresponsible.
B. No person shall explode or ignite fireworks within one thousand feet of any church, hospital, asylum, school, public building, or fireworks retail location.
C. No person shall ignite or discharge fireworks in a motor vehicle or throw fireworks from a motor vehicle. Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
D. No person shall place an ignited article of fireworks in or throw an ignited article of fireworks at a motor vehicle. Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
E. No minor under the age of seventeen shall be employed in a facility where fireworks are sold at retail without complying with the regulations of Louisiana Works. The minor shall be subject to the restrictions placed on the number of hours of employment permitted minors by Louisiana Works.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 51, § 654. Sales to children under fifteen or to intoxicated or irresponsible persons prohibited; unlawful discharge; minimum age for employee; penalties - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-51-sect-654/
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