Printable Format31-502. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) (1) "Distributor of display fireworks" means any person engaged in the distribution of display fireworks in the state of Kansas, including:
(A) Selling, intending to sell, offering for sale, possessing with intent to sell or consigning display fireworks to any person, distributor, municipality or any other organization within the state of Kansas; or
(B) producing, conducting or providing to a licensed operator or importing any display fireworks of any kind within the state of Kansas for profit.
(2) "Distributor of display fireworks" does not include the exclusions set forth in the definition of "unlimited distributor."
(b) (1) "Distributor of articles pyrotechnic" means any person engaged in the distribution of articles pyrotechnic in the state of Kansas, including:
(A) Selling, intending to sell, offering for sale, possessing with intent to sell or consigning articles pyrotechnic to any person, distributor, municipality or any other organization within the state of Kansas; or
(B) producing, conducting or providing to a licensed operator or importing any articles pyrotechnic of any kind within the state of Kansas for profit.
(2) "Distributor of display fireworks" does not include the exclusions set forth in the definition of "unlimited distributor."
(c) "Fireworks display" means a private or public production of display fireworks or articles pyrotechnic, or both, that are intended for use and designed to produce visible or audible effects for entertainment purposes by combustion, deflagration or detonation.
(d) "Hobbyist manufacturer" means any person who manufactures consumer fireworks, display fireworks or articles pyrotechnic for their personal use.
(e) "Licensed display fireworks operator" means a person licensed to operate an outdoor display of display fireworks.
(f) "Licensed proximate pyrotechnic operator" means a person licensed to operate indoor or outdoor articles pyrotechnic.
(g) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in the manufacture of fireworks of any kind in the state of Kansas. "Manufacturer" includes any person engaged in the assembly of consumer fireworks or component parts into a finished item or assortment but does not include repackaging finished goods into an assortment.
(h) "Permanent retailer" means any person engaged in the year-round retail sale of consumer fireworks, including the receipt and possession with intent to sell of consumer fireworks and the retail sale, delivery, consignment, gifting or other distribution at retail of consumer fireworks to any person from a permanent structure at a permanent location within this state.
(i) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, company, association, corporation, not-for-profit organization, municipality or limited liability corporation.
(j) "Seasonal retailer" means a person who receives consumer fireworks and sells, delivers, consigns, gives or otherwise furnishes consumer fireworks only to the public for their personal use and only during the period of June 20 through July 7 of a calendar year.
(k) "Storage" means the safekeeping of fireworks in a warehouse or magazine or comparable appropriate depository. Consumer fireworks that are located at the destination of their retail sale and being held in anticipation of retail sale are not considered as in "storage."
(l) (1) "Unlimited distributor" means any person engaged in the distribution of fireworks of any kind in the state of Kansas, including:
(A) Selling, delivering, transporting, consigning, giving, importing, exporting or otherwise furnishing consumer fireworks to any person for the purpose of reselling to a retailer or any other distributor or reseller within the state of Kansas;
(B) selling, intending to sell, offering for sale, possessing with intent to sell or consigning display fireworks or articles pyrotechnic to any person, distributor, municipality or any other organization within the state of Kansas; or
(C) producing, conducting or providing a licensed operator or importing any display fireworks or articles pyrotechnic of any kind for profit within the state of Kansas.
(2) "Unlimited distributor" does not include:
(A) Any person who transports fireworks from one state to another state through the state of Kansas and such fireworks' ultimate destination is not within the state of Kansas;
(B) any person who sells consumer fireworks during the period of June 20 through July 7 of a calendar year as a seasonal retailer;
(C) any person who sells consumer fireworks year-round as a permanent retailer;
(D) freight delivery companies or common carriers as defined in U.S. department of transportation 49 C.F.R. § 171.8; or
(E) an out-of-state person who sells, transports, delivers or gives fireworks to a licensed manufacturer or distributor.
History: L. 2007, ch. 83, § 2; L. 2025, ch. 80, § 3; April 24.