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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.