By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 695
	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2003; March 3, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
March 19, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 19, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 695                                    By:  Armbrister


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit the use or 
possession of certain fireworks on public beaches.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 61.122, Natural Resources Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  The commissioners court of a county bordering on the 
Gulf of Mexico or its tidewater limits and adjacent to a county with 
a population of 3.2 million or more, by order, may prohibit the use 
or possession of any aerial fireworks on a beach in the 
unincorporated area of the county.  In this subsection, "aerial 
fireworks" means:
		(1)  fireworks that:                                                   
			(A)  are known as skyrockets with sticks;                             
			(B)  have a total pyrotechnic composition that 
does not exceed 20 grams each in weight;
			(C)  have an inside tube diameter that does not 
exceed one-half inch; and
			(D)  have rocket sticks securely fastened to the 
tube; or           
		(2)  other pyrotechnic devices that have fins or 
rudders for the purpose of achieving aerodynamic flight, including 
a device that would be considered a missile or a rocket.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.



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