| 1 | 1 | | By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 2192 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by amending Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (g) [Except as provided by Subsection (h),] A [a] retail |
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| 13 | 13 | | fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and |
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| 14 | 14 | | only during periods: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on |
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| 17 | 17 | | January 1 of the following year; [and] |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 [if |
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| 19 | 19 | | the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than 100 miles |
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| 20 | 20 | | from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in which the |
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| 21 | 21 | | commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of |
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| 22 | 22 | | fireworks during the period.; |
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| 23 | 23 | | [(h) In addition to the periods during which the sale of |
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| 24 | 24 | | fireworks is authorized under Subsection (g), the commissioners |
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| 25 | 25 | | court of a county by order may allow a retail fireworks permit |
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| 26 | 26 | | holder to sell fireworks in that county only to the public and only |
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| 27 | 27 | | during one or more of the following periods:] |
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| 28 | 28 | | (4) [(1)] beginning February 25 and ending at midnight |
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| 29 | 29 | | on March 2; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) [(2)] beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on |
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| 31 | 31 | | April 21; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (6) [(3)] beginning the Wednesday before the last |
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| 33 | 33 | | Monday in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (7) [(4)] beginning five days before the first day of |
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| 35 | 35 | | Diwali and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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