BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2529 |
By: Lucio III |
Urban Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Certain municipalities may define and prohibit a nuisance within a sizeable area outside municipal boundaries. Interested parties have expressed concerns regarding the applicability of that authorization to the sale of a firework or similar material. C.S.H.B. 2529 seeks to allow certain businesses in the fireworks industry to conduct their business as usual.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2529 amends the Local Government Code to prohibit a home-rule municipality from defining and prohibiting as a nuisance the sale of a firework or similar material outside the limits of the municipality from a structure at which fireworks or similar materials have been regularly sold during authorized periods since before September 1, 2010.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2529 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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