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The minimum fireworks standards for the City of Monmouth are set by Illinois State Statute titled, “The Fireworks Use Act” 425 ILCS 35/1. This act defines fireworks under three categories: Unregulated Novelty Fireworks; Approved Consumer Fireworks; and Professional Grade Fireworks.
Currently, the only fireworks allowed for sale or use in the City of Monmouth are Unregulated Novelty Fireworks. These unregulated novelty fireworks are:
- Snake or glow worm pellets
- Smoke devices
- Trick noisemakers known as “party poppers”, “booby traps”, “snappers”, “trick matches”, “cigarette loads”, and “auto burglar alarms”
- Sparklers
- Toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion
- Toy pistol paper or plastic caps that contain less than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture
State law does not allow unregulated novelty fireworks to be sold at locations where fuel is dispensed and sold.
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