| 1 | 1 | | By: Anchia (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1379 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the purchasing of a firearm from the county by an |
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| 12 | 12 | | honorably retired law enforcement officer. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | by adding Section 170.002 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 170.002. PURCHASE OF FIREARM BY HONORABLY RETIRED LAW |
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| 17 | 17 | | ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. (a) An individual may purchase a firearm from |
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| 18 | 18 | | a county if: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the individual was a peace officer commissioned by |
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| 20 | 20 | | the county who is honorably retired; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the firearm had been previously issued to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | individual by the county; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) the firearm is not a prohibited weapon under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 46.05, Penal Code. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) An individual may purchase only one firearm from a |
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| 26 | 26 | | county under this section. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) The county commissioners court shall establish the |
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| 28 | 28 | | amount, which may not exceed fair market value, for which a firearm |
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| 29 | 29 | | may be purchased under this section. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 31 | 31 | | * * * * * |
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