By Lindsay S.B. No. 271 77R2877 JMG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prohibiting the use of fireworks within the vicinity of 1-3 certain establishments. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2154.251(a), Occupations Code, is amended 1-6 to read as follows: 1-7 (a) A person may not: 1-8 (1) explode or ignite fireworks within 600 feet of any 1-9 church, a hospital other than a veterinary hospital, an asylum, a 1-10 licensed child care center, a building in which at least 7,500 1-11 square feet is available for one or more retail establishments, or 1-12 a public or private primary or secondary school or institution of 1-13 higher education unless the person receives authorization in 1-14 writing from that organization; 1-15 (2) sell at retail, explode, or ignite fireworks 1-16 within 100 feet of a place where flammable liquids or flammable 1-17 compressed gasses are stored and dispensed; 1-18 (3) explode or ignite fireworks within 100 feet of a 1-19 place where fireworks are stored or sold; 1-20 (4) ignite or discharge fireworks in or from a motor 1-21 vehicle; 1-22 (5) place ignited fireworks in, or throw ignited 1-23 fireworks at, a motor vehicle; 1-24 (6) conduct a public fireworks display that includes 2-1 Fireworks 1.3G unless the person is a licensed pyrotechnic 2-2 operator; 2-3 (7) conduct a proximate display of fireworks that 2-4 includes Fireworks 1.3G or Fireworks 1.4G as defined in NFPA 1126 2-5 Standards for the Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience 2-6 unless the person is a licensed pyrotechnic special effects 2-7 operator and has the approval of the local fire prevention officer; 2-8 or 2-9 (8) sell, store, manufacture, distribute, or display 2-10 fireworks except as provided by this chapter or rules adopted by 2-11 the commissioner under this chapter. 2-12 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-13 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an 2-14 offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For 2-15 purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the 2-16 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 2-17 before that date. 2-18 (c) An offense committed before the effective date of this 2-19 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 2-20 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.