Except as provided in Section 9 [60-26-8.1 NMSA 1978] of this act, nothing in the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act shall prohibit the display of display fireworks, except that any individual, association, partnership, corporation, organization, county or municipality shall secure a written permit from the governing body of the county or municipality where the display is to be fired and the display fireworks shall be purchased from a distributor or display distributor licensed by the state fire marshal and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms at the United States department of the treasury.
History: Laws 1989, ch. 346, § 9; 1991, ch. 133, § 7; 1997, ch. 17, § 7.
The 1997 amendment, effective March 18, 1997, substituted "Display fireworks" for "Public display of fireworks" in the section heading, added the exception at the beginning of the section, substituted "the display of display fireworks" for "the public display of fireworks" following "shall prohibit" and substituted "the display is to be fired and the display fireworks shall" for "the public display is to be fired and the fireworks shall".
The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, inserted "or display distributor" near the end of the section.
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