SECTION 1. That in the sale or use of fireworks as defined in Section 53-3008 of the Tennessee Code Annotated shall, and the same is prohibited in counties having a population of 600,000 or more by the Federal Census of 1960, or any subsequent Federal Census, except as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2. That nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit public displays when a permit therefor has been issued by the State Fire Marshall, as provided in Section 53-3007 of the Code of Tennessee Annotated.
SECTION 3. That violations hereof shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
SECTION 4. That this Act shall become effective when the same shall have been approved by the Quarterly County Court of any county to which it may apply by a vote of not less than two-thirds (⅔) of the members of said Court such approval to be made by said Court within sixty (60) days after the sine die adjournment of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee for the year 1961, the public welfare requiring it becoming effective at that time, and not before such approval. The approval or non-approval of this Act by said Quarterly County Court shall be certified by the Chairman of the said Court to the Secretary of State.
Passed: March 15, 1961.