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| 1 | 1 | 89R5443 PRL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Landgraf H.B. No. 1629 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks | |
| 10 | 10 | permit holders in certain counties. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 2154.202(g), Occupations Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a retail fireworks | |
| 15 | 15 | permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and only during | |
| 16 | 16 | periods: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on | |
| 19 | 19 | January 1 of the following year; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 if | |
| 21 | 21 | the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than 150 [100] | |
| 22 | 22 | miles from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in which | |
| 23 | 23 | the commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of | |
| 24 | 24 | fireworks during the period. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |