{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-342.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 342.013","heading":"CONFISCATION OF CERTAIN FIREWORKS PROHIBITED; AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.","body":"(a) A home-rule municipality that regulates fireworks may not confiscate packaged, unopened fireworks.\n(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession of fireworks brought under a municipal ordinance that:\n(1) the defendant was operating or was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was being operated in a public place; and\n(2) the fireworks were not in the passenger area of the vehicle.\n(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), the \"passenger area\" of a motor vehicle means the area of the vehicle designed for the seating of the operator and the passengers of the vehicle. The term does not include:\n(1) a locked glove compartment or similar locked storage area;\n(2) the trunk of a vehicle; or\n(3) the area behind the last upright seat of a vehicle that does not have a trunk.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 957 (H.B. 1813), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 342. MUNICIPAL FIRE PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.342.htm#342.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"ac93ab3523a67a3c446f9daefefeca1fe86090b99132dc6fc7515ebd8fe5c1f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-342.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-342.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}