88R22778 BEE-D
By: Cortez H.B. No. 288
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 288:
By: Stucky C.S.H.B. No. 288
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for fireworks sales buildings of indoor
retail fireworks sites in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E-1, Chapter 2154, Occupations Code,
is amended by adding Section 2154.2215 to read as follows:
Sec. 2154.2215. FIREWORKS SALES BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county with a
population of more than 1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of
the population lives in a single municipality.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 2154.221, a
fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site located
in or directly adjacent to a residential real estate subdivision
with at least 3,300 homes that is governed by a property owners
association must:
(1) be, at the time the building's construction
commences, a minimum distance of 100 feet from any inhabited
building;
(2) have, at a minimum, one-hour fire-rated exterior
walls with minimum three-fourths-hour fire-rated protected
openings; and
(3) 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.
SECTION 2. Section 2154.2215, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies 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.