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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of fireworks on and before Texas Independence |
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Day, San Jacinto Day, and Cinco de Mayo. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 2154.202(g) and (h), Occupations Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a retail fireworks |
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permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and only during |
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periods: |
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(1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4; |
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(2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on |
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January 1 of the following year; |
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(3) beginning February 25 and ending at midnight on |
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March 2; |
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(4) beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on April |
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21; and |
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(5) [(3)] beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on |
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May 5 [if the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than
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100 miles from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in
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which the commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of
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fireworks during the period]. |
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(h) In addition to the periods during which the sale of |
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fireworks is authorized under Subsection (g), the commissioners |
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court of a county by order may allow a retail fireworks permit |
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holder to sell fireworks in that county only to the public and only |
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during the period [one or more of the following periods:
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[(1)
beginning February 25 and ending at midnight on
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March 2;
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[(2)
beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on
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April 21; and
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[(3)] beginning the Wednesday before the last Monday |
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in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |