Bill Text: TX HB572 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the confiscation of packaged, unopened fireworks by a municipality that regulates fireworks.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB572 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB572-Introduced.html
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| By: Bowers | H.B. No. 572 | |
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| relating to the confiscation of packaged, unopened fireworks by a | ||
| municipality that regulates fireworks. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 342.003(c), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Subsection (a)(8) does not authorize a municipality to | ||
| confiscate fireworks in the possession of a person if the person | ||
| possesses only packaged, unopened fireworks. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 342.013(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A home-rule municipality that regulates fireworks may | ||
| not confiscate fireworks in the possession of a person if the person | ||
| possesses only packaged, unopened fireworks. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
