Amendment No. 377

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 451 (BDR 40-777)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 3 through 5 and inserting:

"1. The division shall enter into cooperative agreements with state and local agencies to provide inspections of regulated facilities where explosives are manufactured, or where an explosive is used, processed, handled, transported or stored in relation to its manufacture. The inspections must be conducted jointly by:".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 7, by deleting "As" and inserting:

"Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the provisions of this section do not apply to the mining industry.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, as".

Amend section 1, page 2, between lines 15 and 16, by inserting:

"6. For the purposes of this section, an explosive does not include:

(a) Ammunition for small arms, or any component thereof;

(b) Black powder commercially manufactured in quantities that do not exceed 50 pounds, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic fuses, quills, quick and slow matches, and friction primers that are intended to be used solely for sporting, recreation or cultural purposes:

(1) In an antique firearm, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(16), as that section existed on January 1, 1999; or

(2) In an antique device which is exempted from the definition of "destructive device" pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4), as that section existed on January 1, 1999; or

(c) Any explosive that is manufactured under the regulation of a military department of the United States, or that is distributed to, or possessed or stored by, the military or naval service or any other agency of the United States, or an arsenal, a navy yard, a depot or any other establishment owned by or operated on behalf of the United States.".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 3 and renumbering sec. 4 as sec. 3.

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to explosives; requiring inspections of certain regulated facilities where certain explosives are manufactured, used, processed, handled, transported or stored to be conducted jointly by various state and local agencies that are responsible for minimizing the risks posed by those facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

"SUMMARY—Requires inspections of certain regulated facilities where certain explosives are manufactured, used, processed, handled, transported or stored to be conducted jointly by various state and local agencies. (BDR 40-777)".