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| 1 | - | 86R19700 ADM-D | |
| 2 | - | By: Howard, Goodwin, Miller, et al. H.B. No. 316 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 316: | |
| 4 | - | By: Goodwin C.S.H.B. No. 316 | |
| 1 | + | 86R326 ADM-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Howard H.B. No. 316 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to a public awareness campaign on firearm safety and | |
| 10 | 8 | suicide prevention. | |
| 11 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | |
| 13 | 11 | amended by adding Section 411.210 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 12 | Sec. 411.210. FIREARM SAFETY AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PUBLIC | |
| 15 | - | AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. (a) The department, in conjunction with the | |
| 16 | - | Department of State Health Services, the Parks and Wildlife | |
| 17 | - | Department, and other appropriate agencies, shall develop and | |
| 13 | + | AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. (a) The department shall develop and | |
| 18 | 14 | implement a public awareness campaign designed to encourage firearm | |
| 19 | 15 | safety and to improve public awareness on the topics of: | |
| 20 | 16 | (1) prevention of firearm accidents involving | |
| 21 | 17 | children; | |
| 22 | 18 | (2) suicide prevention; and | |
| 23 | 19 | (3) the safe handling and storage of firearms. | |
| 24 | 20 | (b) In implementing the campaign, the department may engage | |
| 25 | 21 | in online advocacy, issue public service announcements, and | |
| 26 | 22 | distribute materials that cover the topics described by Subsection | |
| 27 | - | (a). The department may publish its own materials on those topics | |
| 28 | - | or may distribute materials published by firearm safety education | |
| 29 | - | programs that seek to encourage firearm owners to embrace the | |
| 30 | - | importance of firearm storage. | |
| 31 | - | (c) The department may pay the costs of the campaign and its | |
| 23 | + | (a). The department may publish its own materials or may distribute | |
| 24 | + | materials published by firearm safety advocacy organizations. | |
| 25 | + | (c) The department may establish a process under which an | |
| 26 | + | applicant for an original or renewed license under this subchapter | |
| 27 | + | may make a voluntary donation to support the campaign. | |
| 28 | + | (d) The department may pay the costs of the campaign and its | |
| 32 | 29 | administration from: | |
| 33 | - | (1) gifts, grants, or donations; | |
| 30 | + | (1) gifts, grants, or donations, including donations | |
| 31 | + | collected under Subsection (c), if applicable; | |
| 34 | 32 | (2) matching funds; and | |
| 35 | 33 | (3) other funds made available for that purpose, | |
| 36 | 34 | including available department revenue. | |
| 37 | 35 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |