CANTON -- The St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators is considering a measure to make some fireworks legal in the county so they won’t lose revenue from their sale to neighboring counties.

The board set June 1 as the date for public comment on a new proposed local law allowing for some fireworks to be sold in the county.

St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators Deputy Chair Kevin Acres (R-Madrid) introduced the proposed local law entitled “Allowing for Common, Safe Items to be Excluded from the Fireworks and Dangerous Fireworks Definitions Contained in Chapter 477 of the Laws of the State of New York for 2014 and Further Providing for the Manufacture, Sale and Use of Sparkler Devices Within St. Lawrence County as Permitted By Chapter 477 of Laws of The State of New York.” The local law is co-sponsored by Legislator Donald Hooper (R-Ogdensburg).

This follows a change in state law defining certain fireworks that should not be labeled dangerous when they pose little or no danger to the public, according to a press release from the St. Lawrence County Attorney Stephen Button.

The local law would allow manufacture, sale and use of “sparkler devices” and to exclude “sparkler devices” from the “fireworks” and “dangerous fireworks” definition contained in state law.

At the April 27 meeting, several legislators expressed concern that the failure to act could lead to the loss of business revenue to neighboring counties. In comments following the meeting, Acres echoed this sentiment. “If fireworks are able to be purchased in neighboring Counties, then St. Lawrence County residents should have the freedom to buy them from our own local businesses,” Acres is quoted as saying in the release.

“If we can sell fireworks here in St. Lawrence County, then the sales tax associated with the sale of those fireworks stays in St. Lawrence County,” co-sponsor Hooper said.

Citizens are invited to participate in the public comment portion of the June 1 meeting.

One more vote by the board in favor of the matter is required before the proposed local law can become effective.