(a) A person must be a licensed pyrotechnic special effects operator if the person assembles, conducts, and supervises proximate displays using Fireworks 1.3G or Fireworks 1.4G as defined in NFPA 1126 Standard of the Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience.
(b) The commissioner shall set and collect an annual pyrotechnic special effects operator’s license fee in an amount not to exceed $100.

Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 2154.155

  • Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) To qualify for a pyrotechnic special effects operator’s license, a person must take and pass an examination, if required, conducted by the commissioner through the state fire marshal’s office.
(d) Unless the examination is administered by a testing service, a person shall be charged a nonrefundable initial examination fee in an amount not to exceed $50. Unless the reexamination is administered by a testing service, a person shall be charged a nonrefundable fee in an amount not to exceed $20 for each reexamination.