158:9-f Rules; Enforcement. –
I. The commissioner of safety may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:
(a) The sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and use of explosives, including provisions relative to the purchase of insurance by commercial entities.
(b) The procedures for the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, permit fees, and use of display fireworks to be followed by the licensing board of any city or town, or if a duly constituted licensing board does not exist, the chief of police of a city or town, if any, or the governing board of a town, city, or village district, when issuing permits for the sale or display of display fireworks pursuant to RSA 160-B. Rules adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall include a requirement that no person may be issued a display permit for display fireworks unless the person has previously demonstrated his or her competence to handle such displays and has been issued a certificate of competency by the department of safety.
(c) The purchase of insurance by commercial entities, relative to the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and display of display fireworks.
II. The commissioner of safety or his or her designee shall enforce all laws of the state relative to the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and use of explosives and display fireworks and rules adopted under this section. The commissioner of safety or his or her designee shall assist the several counties, cities, towns, village districts, and precincts in supervising and enforcing local laws, bylaws, and ordinances where existent, relative to the storage, transportation, sale, and use of explosives and display fireworks. The powers and duties authorized by this section shall not be restricted by the provisions of RSA 106-B:15.
III. As used in this section "display fireworks" shall mean the same as display fireworks defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11, packaged or unpackaged.