TITLE: Relating to the dates a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public.

SUMMARY: Relating to the dates a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the dates a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2154.202(g), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), 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 5 [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. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.