By: Hughes S.B. No. 1943
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearms
ammunition.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding
Section 202.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.020. REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR FIREARMS
AMMUNITION. A property owners' association may not include or
enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits,
restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting any
person who is otherwise authorized from lawfully possessing,
transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or
firearm ammunition, as well as the otherwise lawful discharge of a
firearm.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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