83R8927 ATP-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1813
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to confiscate packaged
fireworks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 342.003, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Subsection (a)(8) does not authorize a municipality to
confiscate packaged, unopened fireworks.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 342, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 342.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 342.013. CONFISCATION OF PACKAGED FIREWORKS
PROHIBITED. A home-rule municipality that regulates fireworks may
not confiscate packaged, unopened fireworks.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.