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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for a fireworks sales building of an |
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indoor retail fireworks site. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2154.221, Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2154.221. FIREWORKS SALES BUILDING. (a) The |
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fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site must: |
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(1) be a freestanding durable structure with only one |
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story of the building accessible to the public; |
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(2) 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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(3) 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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(4) 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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(b) The fireworks sales building of an indoor retail |
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fireworks site may not be: |
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(1) a tent, boat, or mobile vehicle; or |
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(2) part of a multiuse or multi-tenant building. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site for |
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which construction commences on or after September 1, 2023. A |
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fireworks sales building of an indoor retail fireworks site for |
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which construction commenced before that date is governed by the |
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law in effect before September 1, 2023, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |