By: Hughes S.B. No. 741
(In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2019; March 1, 2019,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearm
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 FIREARM 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, 2019.
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