TO: | Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB430 by Lindsay (Relating to the regulation of fireworks by certain counties; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced |
The bill would add a new section to Chapter 352 of the Local Government Code to allow the commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more to prohibit or regulate the sale, possession, or use of fireworks in any part of the unincorporated area of the county. Violations of an order adopted under the proposed section would be a Class C misdemeanor.
The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming that it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2005.
Based on the population limitation specified in the bill, the new section would apply only to Harris County. It is not known whether the Harris County commissioners court would decide to regulate or prohibit the sale of fireworks. However, if the Harris County commissioners court were to prohibit the sale of fireworks in any part of the unincorporated area of the county, there would be a marginal reduction in state and local tax revenue.
Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 454 Department of Insurance
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WP, DLBa, SM
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