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Fireworks 1519.99 1519.05 APPLICATION. This chapter does not prohibit or apply to the following: (a) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use in emergency situations, of pyrotechnic signaling devices and distress signals for marine, aviation or highway use; (b) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use of fusees, torpedos or other signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads; (c) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use of blank cartridges in connection with theaters or shows, or in connection with athletics as signals or for ceremonial purposes; (d) The manufacture for, the transportation, storage, possession or use by, or sale to the Armed Forces of the United States anal the militia of this State of pyrotechnic devices; (e) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use of toy pistols, .toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive material are used, provided that they are constructed so that a hand cannot come into contact with a cap when it is in place for explosion, or apply to the manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use of those caps; (f) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use of novelties and trick noisemakers, auto burglar alarms or model rockets and model rocket motors designed, sold and used for the purpose of propelling recoverable aero models; (g) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage or use of sparklers on a wire stick, as this term is defined in the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation. (ORC 3743. 80) 1519.99 PENALTY. • Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree for a first offense and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1, 000) or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (ORC 3743. 99 (C))