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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period during which a retail fireworks permit |
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holder may sell fireworks to the public. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2154.202(g), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(g) A [Except as provided by Subsection (h), a] retail |
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fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public |
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during the period the permit is valid [, and only during periods: |
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[(1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July |
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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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SECTION 2. Section 2154.202(h), Occupations Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |