By: Paul (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 2267
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021;
  May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits from
  an Internet website.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2154.202(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The commissioner shall provide for the sale of a [A]
  retail fireworks permit through an Internet website.  A person may
  purchase a permit on the website.  The Texas Department of Insurance
  shall post a link to the website on the department's Internet
  website [be purchased from a licensed manufacturer, distributor, or
  jobber or from the state fire marshal's office].
         SECTION 2.  Sections 2154.202(d) and (f), Occupations Code,
  are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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