86R9106 BEE-D
By: Stickland H.B. No. 2063
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of fireworks on and before Texas Independence
Day, San Jacinto Day, and Cinco de Mayo.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2154.202(g) and (h), Occupations Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a retail fireworks
permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and only during
periods:
(1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4;
(2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on
January 1 of the following year;
(3) beginning February 25 and ending at midnight on
March 2;
(4) beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on April
21; and
(5) [(3)] beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on
May 5 [if the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than
100 miles from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in
which the commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of
fireworks during the period].
(h) In addition to the periods during which the sale of
fireworks is authorized under Subsection (g), the commissioners
court of a county by order may allow a retail fireworks permit
holder to sell fireworks in that county only to the public and only
during the period [one or more of the following periods:
[(1) beginning February 25 and ending at midnight on
March 2;
[(2) beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on
April 21; and
[(3)] beginning the Wednesday before the last Monday
in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.