By: Lucio S.B. No. 1593
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 23, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 23, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation 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 define and prohibit as a nuisance
the sale or use of a firework or similar material only within the
limits of the municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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