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      By: Lopez of Cameron, Bumgarner, Longoria, H.B. No. 2192       Guillen, Lopez of Bexar, et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to permit requirements for the sale of fireworks.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2154.202, Occupations Code, is amended   by amending Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:          (g)  [ Except as provided by Subsection (h), ] A [ 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 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. ;          [ (h)     In addition to the periods during which the sale of   fireworks is authorized under Subsection (g), the commissioners   court of a county by order may allow a retail fireworks permit   holder to sell fireworks in that county only to the public and only   during one or more of the following periods: ]                 (4)   [ (1) ] beginning February 25 and ending at midnight   on March 2;                 (5)   [ (2) ] beginning April 16 and ending at midnight on   April 21;                 (6)   [ (3) ] beginning the Wednesday before the last   Monday in May and ending at midnight on the last Monday in May; and                 (7)   [ (4) ] beginning five days before the first day of   Diwali and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.