89R8993 PRL-D
By: Harrison H.B. No. 5052
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period during which a retail fireworks permit
holder may sell fireworks to the public.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2154.202(g), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) A [Except as provided by Subsection (h), a] retail
fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public
during the period the permit is valid [, and only during periods:
[(1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July
4;
[(2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on
January 1 of the following year; and
[(3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 if
the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than 100 miles
from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in which the
commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of
fireworks during the period].
SECTION 2. Section 2154.202(h), Occupations Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.