Bill Text: TX HB1183 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition by counties of the use of fireworks during certain hours; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB1183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1183-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition by counties of the use of fireworks during certain hours; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB1183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1183-Introduced.html
85R7475 SCL-D | ||
By: Roberts | H.B. No. 1183 |
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relating to the prohibition by counties of the use of fireworks | ||
during certain hours; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 352, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 352.052 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 352.052. PROHIBITION ON FIREWORK USE DURING CERTAIN | ||
HOURS. (a) In this section, "fireworks" means any composition or | ||
device designed for entertainment to produce a visible or audible | ||
effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may | ||
prohibit the use of fireworks in the unincorporated area of the | ||
county during the hours specified by the order. The order may | ||
include: | ||
(1) an exemption for holidays, including New Year's | ||
Eve and July 4; and | ||
(2) a process by which a person may apply to the county | ||
for a permit to use fireworks during a time prohibited by the order. | ||
(c) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally | ||
or knowingly violates a prohibition adopted under this section by | ||
the commissioners court. An offense under this subsection is a | ||
Class C misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |