84R15002 SCL-D
By: Lucio III, Schaefer, Isaac H.B. No. 2529
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2529:
By: Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 2529
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation of the sale of fireworks by certain
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 217.042, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The]
municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits
of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits.
(c) The municipality may not define and prohibit as a
nuisance the sale of a firework or similar material outside the
limits of the municipality from a structure at which fireworks or
similar materials have been regularly sold during authorized
periods since before September 1, 2010.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.