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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to confiscate packaged |
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fireworks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 342.003, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Subsection (a)(8) does not authorize a municipality to |
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confiscate packaged, unopened fireworks. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 342, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 342.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 342.013. CONFISCATION OF PACKAGED FIREWORKS |
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PROHIBITED. A home-rule municipality that regulates fireworks may |
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not confiscate packaged, unopened fireworks. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |