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| 1 | 1 | By: Pierson H.B. No. 4720 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the sale of fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday | |
| 9 | 9 | celebration season. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | by amending Subsections (g) (1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a retail fireworks | |
| 14 | 14 | permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and only during | |
| 15 | 15 | periods: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on Sunday | |
| 17 | 17 | of the weekend following July 4, if July 4 is on a weekday. If July | |
| 18 | 18 | 4 is on a weekend the period ends at midnight on July 4; | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |