84R5032 SCL-D By: Lucio S.B. No. 1593 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.