101A.1 - DEFINITIONS.
101A.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Blasting agent" means any material or mixture consisting
of a fuel and oxidizer, intended for blasting but not otherwise
classified as an explosive, in which none of the finished products as
mixed and packaged for use or shipment can be detonated by means of a
number eight test blasting cap when unconfined.
2. "Commercial license" or "license" means a license
issued by the state fire marshal pursuant to this chapter.
3. "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture or
device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by
explosion with substantially instantaneous release of gas and heat,
unless such compound, mixture, or device is otherwise specifically
classified by the United States department of transportation. The
term "explosive" includes all materials which are classified as a
class 1, division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4 explosive by the United
States department of transportation, under 49 C.F.R. § 173.50, and
all materials classified as explosive materials under 18 U.S.C. §
841, and includes, but is not limited to, dynamite, black powder,
pellet powders, initiating explosives, blasting caps, electric
blasting caps, safety fuse, fuse lighters, fuse igniters, squibs,
cordeau detonative fuse, instantaneous fuse, igniter cord, igniters,
smokeless propellant, cartridges for propellant-actuated power
devices, cartridges for industrial guns, and overpressure devices,
but does not include "fireworks" as defined in section 727.2 or
ammunition or small arms primers manufactured for use in shotguns,
rifles, and pistols. Commercial explosives are those explosives
which are intended to be used in commercial or industrial operations.
4. "Explosive materials" means explosives or blasting agents.
5. "Import" and "importation" means transfer into the
state of Iowa.
6. "Licensee" means a person holding a commercial license
issued by the state fire marshal pursuant to this chapter.
7. "Magazine" means any building or structure, other than an
explosives manufacturing building, approved by the state fire marshal
or the fire marshal's designated agent for the storage of explosive
materials.
8. "Overpressure device" means any device constructed of a
container or improvised container which is filled with a mixture of
chemicals or sublimating materials or gases that generate an
expanding gas, which is designed or constructed to cause the
container to break, fracture, or rupture in a violent manner capable
of causing death, serious injury, or property damage.
9. "Permittee" means a person holding a user's permit issued
pursuant to this chapter.
10. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
or association.
11. "User's permit" or "permit" means a permit issued by
a county sheriff or chief of police of a city of ten thousand or more
population, pursuant to this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 101A.1] Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1147, §1, 2