By: Cain (Senate Sponsor - Middleton) H.B. No. 2259
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
SchwertnerX
KingX
BirdwellX
CampbellX
CreightonX
JohnsonX
KolkhorstX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
NicholsX
ZaffiriniX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2154.202(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The commissioner shall provide for the sale of a [A]
retail fireworks permit through an Internet website. A person may
purchase a permit on the website. The Texas Department of Insurance
shall post a link to the website on the department's Internet
website [be purchased from a licensed manufacturer, distributor, or
jobber or from the state fire marshal's office].
SECTION 2. Sections 2154.202(d) and (f), Occupations Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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