| 1 | 1 | | By: Hegar, et al. S.B. No. 987 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Harless) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to allowing the attorney general to obtain an injunction |
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| 8 | 8 | | against a municipality or county that adopts prohibited regulations |
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| 9 | 9 | | regarding firearms, ammunition, or firearm supplies. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 229.001, Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (f) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of |
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| 14 | 14 | | the state to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction against a |
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| 15 | 15 | | municipality adopting a regulation in violation of this section. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 236.002, Local Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 236.002. FIREARMS; SPORT SHOOTING RANGE. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Agriculture Code, a county may not adopt regulations relating to: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the transfer, private ownership, keeping, |
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| 22 | 22 | | transportation, licensing, or registration of firearms, |
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| 23 | 23 | | ammunition, or firearm supplies; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) the discharge of a firearm at a sport shooting |
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| 25 | 25 | | range. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of |
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| 27 | 27 | | the state to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction against a |
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| 28 | 28 | | county adopting a regulation, other than a regulation under Section |
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| 29 | 29 | | 236.003, in violation of this section. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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