88R981 BEE-D
By: Cortez H.B. No. 288
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for a fireworks sales building of an
indoor retail fireworks site.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2154.221, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2154.221. FIREWORKS SALES BUILDING. (a) The
fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site must:
(1) be a freestanding durable structure with only one
story of the building accessible to the public;
(2) be, at the time the building's construction
commences, a minimum distance of 100 feet from any inhabited
building;
(3) have, at a minimum, one-hour fire-rated exterior
walls with minimum three-fourths-hour fire-rated protected
openings; and
(4) have a complete automatic fire sprinkler system
installed in accordance with the provisions of the edition of the
National Fire Protection Association, Standard 13, "Standard for
the Installation of Sprinkler Systems," as adopted and amended by
the commissioner.
(b) The fireworks sales building of an indoor retail
fireworks site may not be:
(1) a tent, boat, or mobile vehicle; or
(2) part of a multiuse or multi-tenant building.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site for
which construction commences on or after September 1, 2023. A
fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site for
which construction commenced before that date is governed by the
law in effect before September 1, 2023, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.