S.B. No. 1593

AN ACT

relating to regulation of the sale of fireworks by certain municipalities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 217.042, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits.

(c) The municipality may not define and prohibit as a nuisance the sale of fireworks or similar materials outside the limits of the municipality.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1593 passed the Senate on May 5, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; May 20, 2015, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 24, 2015, House granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2015, Senate adopted Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1593 passed the House, with amendment, on May 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, two present not voting; May 24, 2015, House granted request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 2015, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor