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	Amend CSHB 459 (house committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subtitle B, Title 7, Local Government Code, 
is amended by adding Chapter 236 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 236.  COUNTY REGULATION OF NUISANCES
	Sec. 236.001.  APPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS.  An order 
adopted by a commissioners court under this chapter applies only in 
the unincorporated area of a county with a population of 650,000 or 
more that is located within 100 miles of an international border.
	Sec. 236.002.  NUISANCE.  The commissioners court of a 
county by order may:
		(1)  define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and 
authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance; and
		(2)  abate in any manner the commissioners court 
considers expedient any nuisance that may injure or affect the 
public health or comfort.
	Sec. 236.003.  FIREARMS. Nothing in this chapter authorizes 
the commissioners court of a county to regulate legal ownership, 
possession, or use of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm for 
hunting, sport shooting, personal protection, collecting, or other 
legal activity, including the discharge of a firearm on a sport 
shooting range as defined by Section 250.001.
	Sec. 263.004.  FIREWORKS. The commissioners court of a 
county may not ban the sale of fireworks.