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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for fireworks sales buildings of indoor |
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retail fireworks sites in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E-1, Chapter 2154, Occupations Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 2154.2215 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2154.2215. FIREWORKS SALES BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN |
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COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county with a |
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population of more than 1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of |
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the population lives in a single municipality. |
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(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 2154.221, a |
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fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site located |
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in or directly adjacent to a residential real estate subdivision |
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with at least 3,300 homes that is governed by a property owners |
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association must: |
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(1) be, at the time the building's construction |
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commences, a minimum distance of 100 feet from any inhabited |
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building; |
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(2) have, at a minimum, one-hour fire-rated exterior |
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walls with minimum three-fourths-hour fire-rated protected |
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openings; and |
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(3) have a complete automatic fire sprinkler system |
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installed in accordance with the provisions of the edition of the |
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National Fire Protection Association, Standard 13, "Standard for |
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the Installation of Sprinkler Systems," as adopted and amended by |
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the commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2154.2215, Occupations Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a fireworks sales building of an indoor |
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retail fireworks site for which construction commences on or after |
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September 1, 2023. A fireworks sales building of an indoor retail |
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fireworks site for which construction commenced before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect before September 1, 2023, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |