By: Paul (Senate Sponsor - Nichols)	H.B. No. 2267
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021;
	May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
	Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits from
	an Internet website.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2154.202(c), Occupations Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The commissioner shall provide for the sale of a [A]
	retail fireworks permit through an Internet website.  A person may
	purchase a permit on the website.  The Texas Department of Insurance
	shall post a link to the website on the department's Internet
	website [be purchased from a licensed manufacturer, distributor, or
	jobber or from the state fire marshal's office].
	SECTION 2.  Sections 2154.202(d) and (f), Occupations Code,
	are repealed.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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