(1) No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale, expose for sale, possess, use, explode or have exploded any fireworks within Oregon, except as follows:

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(a) Sales by manufacturers and wholesalers to customers residing outside this state in accordance with ORS § 480.156;

(b) Sales to persons or organizations having obtained a permit from the State Fire Marshal for supervised public display;

(c) Sales to railroads, boats, motor vehicle or other transportation agencies, to be used for signal, warning or illumination purposes in connection with such business;

(d) Sale or use of blank cartridges for licensed shows or theaters or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports;

(e) Experimental purposes by a manufacturer of explosives at such places where such experiments are normally conducted;

(f) Sale of blank cartridges for use by the militia or any organization of war veterans or other organization authorized by law to parade in public a color guard armed with firearms;

(g) Sale of shells, cartridges, gunpowder or explosives for use in legally permitted firearms;

(h) Sales of items described in ORS § 480.127 to persons who possess the retail sales permit required by ORS § 480.127 by a person who holds a manufacturer or wholesaler license issued pursuant to ORS § 480.111 to 480.165; or

(i) Sales of items described in ORS § 480.127 to individual members of the general public for personal use by taking direct delivery of those items at the time of sale from the holder of a retail sale permit issued pursuant to ORS § 480.127.

(2) Law enforcement officers of the state, county or municipality shall enforce the provisions of ORS § 480.111 to 480.165. [Amended by 1983 c.788 § 1; 1985 c.789 § 1]

[1961 c.293 § 2; 1987 c.158 § 106; repealed by 2015 c.57 § 3]