SRC-MSY S.B. 695 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 695
78R5554 MXM-DBy: Janek
State Affairs
3/10/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current Texas law allows counties to regulate fireworks in unincorporated
areas only during drought conditions.  As proposed, S.B. 695 authorizes
the commissioners court of a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico to
regulate the use of aerial fireworks on a beach. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 61.122, Natural Resources Code, by adding
Subsection (g) to authorize the commissioners court of a county bordering
on the Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits to prohibit, by order, the
use or possession of any aerial fireworks on a beach in the unincorporated
area of the county.  Defines "aerial fireworks" for the purposes of this
subsection. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.