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| 1 | 1 | By: Nichols S.B. No. 996 | |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2025; February 13, 2025, | |
| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; | |
| 4 | + | March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, | |
| 5 | + | Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 6 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 11 | relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks | |
| 9 | 12 | permit holders on certain dates. | |
| 10 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 15 | by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 16 | (g-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (g), a retail fireworks | |
| 14 | 17 | permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public during the | |
| 15 | 18 | period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July 5, 2026, and ending at 11:59 | |
| 16 | 19 | p.m. on July 5, 2026. This subsection expires September 1, 2026. | |
| 17 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | |
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