0001| SENATE BILL 195 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO FIREWORKS; LIMITING THE SALE OR USE OF FIREWORKS | 0012| UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BANNING THE SALE OR USE OF BOTTLE | 0013| ROCKETS; CHANGING DUTIES PERTAINING TO RECORDS; DECLARING AN | 0014| EMERGENCY. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 60-2C-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0018| Chapter 346, Section 1) is amended to read: | 0019| "60-2C-1. SHORT TITLE. [Sections 1 through 11 of this | 0020| act] Chapter 60, Article 2C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the | 0021| "Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act"." | 0022| Section 2. Section 60-2C-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0023| Chapter 346, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: | 0024| "60-2C-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Fireworks | 0025| Licensing and Safety Act: | 0001| [A. "aerial device" means a fireworks device that | 0002| upon ignition propels itself or an insert a significant | 0003| distance into the air, but does not include a firework that | 0004| produces a shower of sparks;] | 0005| A. "bottle rocket" means a cylindrical tube with a | 0006| casing size of less than one-half of an inch for the outside | 0007| diameter and less than three and one-half inches in casing | 0008| length containing no more than twenty grams of chemical | 0009| composition with a wooden stick attached for guidance and | 0010| stability that rises into the air upon ignition and produces a | 0011| burst of color or sound at or near the height of flight; | 0012| B. "chaser" means a paper or cardboard tube venting | 0013| out the fuse end of the tube that contains no more than twenty | 0014| grams of chemical composition and travels along the ground, | 0015| producing a whistling effect or other noise; an explosive | 0016| composition not to exceed fifty milligrams may be included to | 0017| produce a report; | 0018| [B.] C. "chemical composition" includes all | 0019| pyrotechnic and explosive composition contained in a fireworks | 0020| device, but does not include inert materials such as clay used | 0021| for plugs or organic matter such as rice hulls used for density | 0022| control; | 0023| [C. "common fireworks" means any fireworks device | 0024| suitable for use by the public that complies with the | 0025| construction, performance, composition and labeling | 0001| requirements promulgated by the United States consumer product | 0002| safety commission in Title 16, C.F.R. and that is classified as | 0003| a class C explosive by the United States department of | 0004| transportation;] | 0005| D. "cone fountain" means a cardboard or heavy paper | 0006| cone containing no more than fifty grams of pyrotechnic | 0007| composition that has the same effect as a cylindrical fountain; | 0008| and when more than one cone is mounted on a common base, total | 0009| pyrotechnic composition shall not exceed two hundred grams; | 0010| E. "crackling device" means a sphere or paper tube | 0011| that contains no more than twenty grams of pyrotechnic | 0012| composition that produces a flash of light and a mild, audible | 0013| crackling effect upon ignition, which effect is not considered | 0014| to be an explosion; crackling devices are not subject to the | 0015| fifty-milligram limit of firecrackers; | 0016| F. "cylindrical fountain" means a cylindrical tube | 0017| containing not more than seventy-five grams of pyrotechnic | 0018| composition that produces a shower of colored sparks and | 0019| sometimes a whistling effect or smoke; the device may be | 0020| provided with a spike for insertion into the ground or a wood | 0021| or cardboard handle to be hand held; and when more than one | 0022| tube is mounted on a common base, total pyrotechnic composition | 0023| shall not exceed two hundred grams; | 0024| [D.] G. "display distributor" means any person, | 0025| firm or corporation selling [special] display fireworks; | 0001| H. "display fireworks" means devices primarily | 0002| intended for commercial displays that are designed to produce | 0003| visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration or | 0004| detonation, including salutes containing more than one hundred | 0005| thirty milligrams of explosive composition; aerial shells | 0006| containing more than forty grams of chemical composition | 0007| exclusive of lift charge; and other exhibition display items | 0008| that exceed the limits for permissible fireworks; | 0009| [E.] I. "distributor" means any person, firm or | 0010| corporation selling fireworks to wholesalers and retailers for | 0011| resale; | 0012| [F.] J. "explosive composition" means any | 0013| chemical compound or mixture, the primary purpose of which is | 0014| to function by explosion, producing an audible effect in a | 0015| fireworks device; | 0016| K. "firecracker" means a small, paper-wrapped or | 0017| cardboard tube containing no more than fifty milligrams of | 0018| explosive composition that produces noise and a flash of light; | 0019| provided that firecrackers used in aerial devices may contain | 0020| up to one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition | 0021| per report; | 0022| [G. "firework"] L. "fireworks" means [any | 0023| composition or device for the purpose of producing] devices | 0024| intended to produce a visible or audible effect by combustion, | 0025| deflagration or detonation [Fireworks are further classified | 0001| in the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act as common fireworks | 0002| and special fireworks, as defined by the United States | 0003| department of transportation, C.F.R. Title 49, transportation, | 0004| parts 173.88(d) and 173.00(r)] and are categorized as | 0005| "permissible fireworks" or "display fireworks"; | 0006| [H. "ground audible device" means a fireworks | 0007| device intended to function on the ground that produces an | 0008| audible effect;] | 0009| M. "flitter sparkler" means a narrow paper tube | 0010| attached to a stick or wire and filled with no more than five | 0011| grams of pyrotechnic composition that produces color and sparks | 0012| upon ignition and the paper at one end of the tube is ignited | 0013| to make the device function; | 0014| N. "ground spinner" means a small, rapidly spinning | 0015| device containing no more than twenty grams of pyrotechnic | 0016| composition venting out an orifice usually on the side of the | 0017| tube that when ignited produces a shower of sparks and color; | 0018| O. "helicopter" or "aerial spinner" means a tube | 0019| containing no more than twenty grams of chemical composition | 0020| with a propeller or blade attached that spins rapidly as it | 0021| rises into the air with a visible or audible effect produced at | 0022| or near the height of flight; | 0023| P. "illuminating torch" means a cylindrical tube | 0024| containing no more than one hundred grams of pyrotechnic | 0025| composition that produces a colored flame upon ignition and may | 0001| be spiked, based or hand held; and when more than one tube is | 0002| mounted on a common base, total pyrotechnic composition shall | 0003| not exceed two hundred grams; | 0004| [I.] Q. "manufacturer" means any person, firm | 0005| or corporation engaged in the manufacture of fireworks; | 0006| R. "mine" or "shell" means a heavy cardboard or | 0007| paper tube usually attached to a wooden or plastic base and | 0008| containing no more than forty grams of chemical composition | 0009| plus not more than twenty grams of lift charge that produces a | 0010| star effect and that contains components producing reports | 0011| containing | 0012| a maximum one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive | 0013| composition per report; a mine may contain more than one tube, | 0014| but the tubes must fire in sequence upon ignition of one | 0015| external fuse and the total chemical composition, including | 0016| lift charges, of a multiple tube device shall not exceed two | 0017| hundred grams; | 0018| S. "missile-type rocket" means a device similar to | 0019| a stick-type rocket in size, composition and effect that uses | 0020| fins rather than a stick for guidance and stability and that | 0021| contains no more than twenty grams of chemical composition; | 0022| [J.] T. "permissible fireworks" means fireworks | 0023| legal for sale to and use in New Mexico [under the | 0024| provisions of the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act] by the | 0025| general public that contain no more than two hundred grams of | 0001| total chemical composition; | 0002| [K.] U. "pyrotechnic composition" means a | 0003| chemical mixture [which] that on burning and without | 0004| explosion produces visible or brilliant displays or bright | 0005| lights or whistles or motion; | 0006| [L.] V. "retailer" means any person, firm or | 0007| corporation purchasing fireworks for resale to consumers; | 0008| [M. "special fireworks" means fireworks devices | 0009| primarily intended for commercial displays which are designed | 0010| to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, | 0011| deflagration or detonation, including salutes containing more | 0012| than one hundred thirty milligrams (two grains) of explosive | 0013| composition, aerial shells containing more than forty grams of | 0014| chemical composition exclusive of lift charge and other | 0015| exhibition display items that exceed the limits contained in | 0016| the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act for common fireworks;] | 0017| W. "roman candle" means a heavy paper or cardboard | 0018| tube containing no more than twenty grams of chemical | 0019| composition that individually expels pellets of pressed | 0020| pyrotechnic composition that burn with bright color in a star | 0021| effect; | 0022| [N.] X. "specialty retailer" means any person, | 0023| firm or corporation purchasing permissible fireworks for | 0024| year-round resale in permanent retail stores whose primary | 0025| business is tourism; [and] | 0001| Y. "stick-type rocket" means a cylindrical tube | 0002| with a minimum casing size of one-half of an inch for the | 0003| outside diameter and a minimum casing length of three and one- | 0004| half inches containing no more than twenty grams of chemical | 0005| composition with a wooden stick attached for guidance and | 0006| stability that rises into the air upon ignition and produces a | 0007| burst of color or sound at or near the height of flight; | 0008| Z. "toy smoke device" means a small plastic or | 0009| paper item containing no more than one hundred grams of | 0010| pyrotechnic composition that produces white or colored smoke as | 0011| the primary effect; | 0012| AA. "wheel" means a pyrotechnic device that is made | 0013| to attach to a post or other surface that revolves, producing a | 0014| shower of color and sparks and sometimes a whistling effect, | 0015| and that may have one or more drivers, each of which contains | 0016| no more than sixty grams of pyrotechnic composition and the | 0017| total wheel contains no more than two hundred grams total | 0018| pyrotechnic composition; and | 0019| [O.] BB. "wholesaler" means any person, firm or | 0020| corporation purchasing fireworks for resale to retailers." | 0021| Section 3. Section 60-2C-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0022| Chapter 346, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read: | 0023| "60-2C-3. LICENSE OR PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SALE OF | 0024| FIREWORKS--ADMINISTRATION--PERMITS AND LICENSES.-- | 0025| A. No person may sell, hold for sale, import, | 0001| distribute or offer for sale, as manufacturer, distributor, | 0002| wholesaler or retailer, any fireworks in this state unless such | 0003| person has first obtained the appropriate license or permit. | 0004| B. The state fire marshal shall enforce the | 0005| Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act. All license applications | 0006| shall be submitted to the office of the state fire marshal. | 0007| All retailers shall be required to purchase a retail fireworks | 0008| permit for each retail location. The retail permit may be | 0009| purchased from any licensed manufacturer, distributor or | 0010| wholesaler or from the state fire marshal's office. [These] | 0011| Retail permits may be purchased at any time by the licensed | 0012| manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler in books of [twenty] | 0013| ten permits per book from the state fire marshal. Permits | 0014| shall be numbered, and it shall be the responsibility of the | 0015| licensed manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler to keep | 0016| records of the purchases of these permits and to [submit these | 0017| records to the state fire marshal semi-annually on January 31 | 0018| and July 31 of each year. Each semi-annual report is to cover | 0019| the preceding six-month period] return books containing | 0020| duplicate copies of each issued permit to the state fire | 0021| marshal's office within a week of the time the last permit in | 0022| each book was issued. The | 0023| returned copies of each book shall be the official record of | 0024| retail permits sold. Retail permits [which] that are | 0025| unsold may be exchanged for new permits. | 0001| C. The state fire marshal shall appoint the | 0002| deputies and employees required to carry out the provisions of | 0003| the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act. The state fire marshal | 0004| may also appoint any commissioned law enforcement officer or | 0005| duly appointed fire chief or his [designate] designee with | 0006| approval from the local governing body required to carry out | 0007| the provisions of that act. | 0008| D. The state fire board shall formulate, adopt, | 0009| promulgate and amend or revise rules and regulations for the | 0010| safe handling of fireworks." | 0011| Section 4. Section 60-2C-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0012| Chapter 346, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read: | 0013| "60-2C-4. LICENSE AND PERMIT FEES.-- | 0014| A. An applicant for a license or permit under the | 0015| Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act shall pay to the state fire | 0016| marshal's office the following fees, which shall not be | 0017| refundable: | 0018| (1) manufacturer license . . . . . . $1,500; | 0019| (2) distributor license. . . . . . . 2,000; | 0020| (3) wholesaler license . . . . . . . 1,000; | 0021| (4) display distributor. . . . . . . 1,000; | 0022| (5) specialty retailer license . . . 750; | 0023| or | 0024| (6) retailer permit. . . . . . . . . 100. | 0025| B. All licenses and permits shall be issued for one | 0001| year beginning on February 1 of each year. All licenses and | 0002| permits shall be issued within thirty days from the date of | 0003| receipt of application, except that no application shall be | 0004| processed by the state fire marshal's office from [May 10] | 0005| June 10 through July 10 of each year. | 0006| C. Licenses issued under the Fireworks Licensing | 0007| and Safety Act shall not be restricted in number or limited to | 0008| any person without cause. Municipalities and counties may | 0009| require licenses or permits and reasonable fees, not to exceed | 0010| fifty dollars ($50.00), for the sale of fireworks. | 0011| D. Permit and license fees paid to the state fire | 0012| marshal's office shall be deposited in the fire protection fund | 0013| to be used by the state fire marshal to enforce and carry out | 0014| the provisions and purposes of the Fireworks Licensing and | 0015| Safety Act." | 0016| Section 5. Section 60-2C-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0017| Chapter 346, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "60-2C-7. PERMISSIBLE FIREWORKS.-- | 0019| A. Permissible fireworks [for sale to the | 0020| general public as that term is used in the Fireworks Licensing | 0021| and Safety Act shall be understood to mean common fireworks | 0022| except stick-type rockets having a tube less than one-quarter | 0023| inch inside diameter] are: | 0024| (1) ground and hand-held sparkling and smoke | 0025| devices: | 0001| (a) cone fountains; | 0002| (b) crackling devices; | 0003| (c) cylindrical fountains; | 0004| (d) flitter sparklers; | 0005| (e) ground spinners; | 0006| (f) illuminating torches; | 0007| (g) toy smoke devices; and | 0008| (h) wheels; | 0009| (2) aerial devices: | 0010| (a) aerial spinners; | 0011| (b) helicopters; | 0012| (c) mines; | 0013| (d) missile-type rockets; and | 0014| (e) roman candles; | 0015| (f) shells; and | 0016| (g) stick-type rockets; | 0017| (3) ground audible devices: | 0018| (a) chasers; and | 0019| (b) firecrackers. | 0020| B. Bottle rockets are not permissible fireworks. | 0021| | 0022| C. A municipality or county shall not by | 0023| ordinance regulate and prohibit the sale or use of any | 0024| permissible firework except aerial devices and ground audible | 0025| devices." | 0001| Section 6. Section 60-2C-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0002| Chapter 346, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read: | 0003| "60-2C-8. RETAIL SALES OR STORAGE OF FIREWORKS--REGULATED | 0004| ACTIVITIES.-- | 0005| A. No fireworks may be sold at retail without a | 0006| retail permit. The permit shall be at the location where the | 0007| retail sale takes place. | 0008| B. It is unlawful to offer for sale or to sell any | 0009| fireworks to children under the age of [twelve] sixteen | 0010| years or to any intoxicated person. | 0011| C. At all places where fireworks are stored, sold | 0012| or displayed, the words "NO SMOKING" shall be posted in letters | 0013| at least four inches in height. Smoking, open flames and any | 0014| ignition source are prohibited within twenty-five feet of any | 0015| fireworks stock. | 0016| D. No fireworks shall be stored, kept, sold or | 0017| discharged within fifty feet of any gasoline pump or gasoline | 0018| bulk station or any building in which gasoline or volatile | 0019| liquids are sold in quantities in excess of one gallon, except | 0020| in stores where cleaners, paints and oils are handled in sealed | 0021| containers only. | 0022| E. All fireworks permittees and licensees shall | 0023| keep and maintain upon the premises a fire extinguisher bearing | 0024| an underwriters laboratories [inc.] incorporated rated | 0025| capacity of at least [5 lb.] five-pound ABC per five | 0001| hundred square feet of space used for fireworks sales or | 0002| storage. | 0003| F. A sales clerk who is at least sixteen years of | 0004| age shall be on duty to serve consumers at the time of purchase | 0005| or delivery. [All fireworks sold and shipped to consumers | 0006| within New Mexico shall be sold and shipped only by an | 0007| individual firm, partnership or corporation holding the proper | 0008| New Mexico fireworks license or permit.] Permissible | 0009| fireworks may be offered for sale only at state-permitted or | 0010| state-licensed retail locations. | 0011| G. No fireworks shall be discharged within one | 0012| hundred fifty feet of any fireworks retail sales location. | 0013| H. No fireworks shall be sold or used on state | 0014| forest land. | 0015| [H.] I. No person shall ignite any fireworks | 0016| within a motor vehicle or throw fireworks from a motor vehicle, | 0017| nor shall any person place or throw any ignited article of | 0018| fireworks into or at a motor vehicle or at or near any person | 0019| or group of people. | 0020| [I.] J. Any fireworks devices that are readily | 0021| accessible to handling by consumers or purchasers in a retail | 0022| sales location shall have their exposed fuses protected in a | 0023| manner to protect against accidental ignition of an item by a | 0024| spark, cigarette ash or other ignition source. If the fuse is | 0025| a thread-wrapped safety fuse which has been coated with a | 0001| nonflammable coating, only the outside end of the safety fuse | 0002| shall be covered. If the fuse is not a safety fuse, then the | 0003| entire fuse shall be covered. | 0004| [J.] K. Permissible fireworks may be sold at | 0005| retail between June 20 and July 6 of each year and [three] | 0006| six days preceding and including new year's day and three | 0007| days preceding and including Chinese new year and Cinco de | 0008| Mayo of each year, except that permissible fireworks may be | 0009| sold all year in permanent retail stores whose primary business | 0010| is tourism. | 0011| L. All retail mail order sales of permissible | 0012| fireworks are prohibited." | 0013| Section 7. Section 60-2C-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0014| Chapter 346, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read: | 0015| "60-2C-9. [PUBLIC] DISPLAY [OF] FIREWORKS.--Nothing in | 0016| the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act shall prohibit the | 0017| [public] display of display fireworks, except that any | 0018| individual, association, partnership, corporation, | 0019| organization, county or municipality shall secure a written | 0020| permit from the governing body of the county or municipality | 0021| where the [public] display is to be fired and the display | 0022| fireworks shall be purchased from a distributor or display | 0023| distributor licensed by the state fire marshal and the bureau | 0024| of alcohol, tobacco and firearms at the United States | 0025| department of the treasury." | 0001| Section 8. A new section of the Fireworks Licensing and | 0002| Safety Act is enacted to read: | 0003| "[NEW MATERIAL] NOVELTIES NOT FIREWORKS.--Novelties are | 0004| not fireworks and are not subject to the provisions of the | 0005| Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act. For the purposes of this | 0006| section, "novelties" means devices containing small amounts of | 0007| pyrotechnic or explosive composition that produce limited | 0008| visible or audible effects, including party poppers, snappers, | 0009| snakes, glowworms, sparklers or toy caps and devices intended | 0010| to produce unique visual or audible effects that contain | 0011| sixteen milligrams or less of explosive composition and limited | 0012| amounts of other pyrotechnic composition, including cigarette | 0013| loads, trick matches, explosive auto alarms and other trick | 0014| noisemakers." | 0015| Section 9. A new section of the Fireworks Licensing and | 0016| Safety Act is enacted to read: | 0017| "[NEW MATERIAL] EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS--RESTRICTED | 0018| SALE AND USE.-- | 0019| A. The state fire board may hold a hearing to | 0020| determine if fireworks restrictions should be imposed in all or | 0021| a portion of the state affected by extreme drought conditions. | 0022| The findings of the state fire board shall be based on current | 0023| drought indices published by the national weather service. | 0024| B. The state fire board may issue a proclamation | 0025| declaring an extreme drought condition in all or a portion of | 0001| the state. The state fire board's proclamation: | 0002| (1) shall ban the sale and use of missile-type | 0003| rockets, helicopters, aerial spinners, stick-type rockets and | 0004| ground audible devices within the affected drought area; | 0005| (2) shall give local governments the power to: | 0006| (a) limit the use within their | 0007| jurisdictions of any fireworks not listed in Paragraph (1) of | 0008| this subsection to areas that are paved or barren or that have | 0009| a readily accessible source of water for use by the homeowner | 0010| or the general public; and | 0011| (b) ban or restrict the sale or use of | 0012| display fireworks; and | 0013| (3) may ban or restrict the use of any type of | 0014| fireworks on state lands within the affected drought area. | 0015| C. The state fire board's proclamation declaring an | 0016| extreme drought condition shall be issued before: | 0017| (1) June 15 for the July 4 fireworks season; | 0018| or | 0019| (2) five days prior to any other holiday | 0020| selling period. | 0021| D. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, | 0022| a proclamation shall be effective for thirty days, and the | 0023| state fire board may issue succeeding proclamations if extreme | 0024| drought conditions warrant. A proclamation may be modified or | 0025| rescinded within its thirty-day period if weather conditions | 0001| improve sufficiently to alleviate fire dangers." | 0002| Section 10. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0003| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0004| - 17 - | 0005| | 0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 SB 195/a | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| February 7, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| Mr. President: | 0013| | 0014| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0015| referred | 0016| | 0017| SENATE BILL 195 | 0018| | 0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0021| | 0022| 1. On page 14, line 23, after the first occurrence of | 0023| "year" insert ", the sixteenth of September", | 0024| | 0025| and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0001| | 0002| Respectfully submitted, | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| __________________________________ | 0008| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0013| Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Date ________________________ | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0021| Yes: 7 | 0022| No: 0 | 0023| Excused: Ingle, Smith | 0024| Absent: None | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| S0195PA1 .116372.1 State of New Mexico | 0006| House of Representatives | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 6, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Mr. Speaker: | 0016| | 0017| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0018| been referred | 0019| | 0020| SENATE BILL 195, as amended | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted Not Adopted | 0009| | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| Date | 0013| | 0014| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0015| Yes: 8 | 0016| Excused: Getty, Gubbels, Kissner, Olguin, J.G. 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