88R981 BEE-D
 
  By: Cortez H.B. No. 288
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for a fireworks sales building of an
  indoor retail fireworks site.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2154.221, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2154.221.  FIREWORKS SALES BUILDING. (a) The
  fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site must:
               (1)  be a freestanding durable structure with only one
  story of the building accessible to the public;
               (2)  be, at the time the building's construction
  commences, a minimum distance of 100 feet from any inhabited
  building;
               (3)  have, at a minimum, one-hour fire-rated exterior
  walls with minimum three-fourths-hour fire-rated protected
  openings; and
               (4)  have a complete automatic fire sprinkler system
  installed in accordance with the provisions of the edition of the
  National Fire Protection Association, Standard 13, "Standard for
  the Installation of Sprinkler Systems," as adopted and amended by
  the commissioner.
         (b)  The fireworks sales building of an indoor retail
  fireworks site may not be:
               (1)  a tent, boat, or mobile vehicle; or
               (2)  part of a multiuse or multi-tenant building.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site for
  which construction commences on or after September 1, 2023. A
  fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site for
  which construction commenced before that date is governed by the
  law in effect before September 1, 2023, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.