S.B. No. 1593

	AN ACT
	relating to regulation of the sale of fireworks by certain
	municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 217.042, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The]
	municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits
	of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits.
	(c)  The municipality may not define and prohibit as a
	nuisance the sale of fireworks or similar materials outside the
	limits of the municipality.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1593 passed the Senate on
	May 5, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1;
	May 20, 2015, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
	requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 24, 2015, House
	granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2015, Senate adopted
	Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 31,
	Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1593 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 12, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142,
	Nays 2, two present not voting; May 24, 2015, House granted request
	of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
	May 29, 2015, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
	following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
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	Date
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	Governor