By: Lucio S.B. No. 1593

(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 23, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 23, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regulation 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 define and prohibit as a nuisance the sale or use of a firework or similar material only within the limits of the municipality.

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

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