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By: Gerdes, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Gutierrez) |
H.B. No. 5084 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2025; |
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May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local |
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Government; May 20, 2025, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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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 the Lunar New Year |
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holiday. |
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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) 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; [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; and |
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(4) beginning five days before Lunar New Year and |
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ending at midnight on Lunar New Year 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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