TITLE: Relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks.

SUMMARY: Relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: (g) [Except as provided by Subsection (h)] A [a] retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks only to the public, and only during periods: (1) beginning June 24 and ending at midnight on July 4; (2) beginning December 20 and ending at midnight on January 1 of the following year; [and] (3) beginning May 1 and ending at midnight on May 5 [if the fireworks are sold at a location that is not more than 100 miles from the Texas-Mexico border and that is in a county in which the commissioners court of the county has approved the sale of fireworks during the period.;[(h) In addition to the periods during which the sale of fireworks is authorized under Subsection (g), the commissioners court of a county by order may allow a retail fireworks permit holder to sell fireworks in that county only to the public and only during one or more of the following periods:] (4) [(1)] beginning February 25 and ending at midnight on March 2; (5) [(2)] beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on April 21; (6) [(3)] beginning the Wednesday before the last Monday in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May; and (7) [(4)] beginning five days before the first day of Diwali and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.