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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: |
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(g) [Except as provided by Subsection (h),] A [a] retail |
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fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and |
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only during 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; [and] |
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(3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 [if |
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the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than 100 miles |
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from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in which the |
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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 one or more of the following periods:] |
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(4) [(1)] beginning February 25 and ending at midnight |
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on March 2; |
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(5) [(2)] beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on |
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April 21; |
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(6) [(3)] beginning the Wednesday before the last |
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Monday in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May; and |
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(7) [(4)] beginning five days before the first day of |
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Diwali and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |