87R3021 JCG-D
By: Anchia H.B. No. 1771
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of certain conduct involving prohibited
weapons; creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subdivision (20) to read as follows:
(20) "Three-dimensional printer" means a device
capable of producing a three-dimensional object from a digital
model.
SECTION 2. Section 46.05, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or
sells:
(1) any of the following items, unless the item is
registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer
Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives or otherwise not subject to that registration
requirement or unless the item is classified as a curio or relic by
the United States Department of Justice:
(A) an explosive weapon;
(B) a machine gun; or
(C) a short-barrel firearm;
(2) armor-piercing ammunition;
(3) a chemical dispensing device;
(4) a zip gun;
(5) a tire deflation device;
(6) a firearm silencer, unless the firearm silencer is
classified as a curio or relic by the United States Department of
Justice or the actor otherwise possesses, manufactures,
transports, repairs, or sells the firearm silencer in compliance
with federal law; [or]
(7) an improvised explosive device; or
(8) a firearm containing a component part manufactured
using a three-dimensional printer.
(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person
intentionally or knowingly:
(1) manufactures a component part for a firearm using
a three-dimensional printer; or
(2) possesses, transports, repairs, or sells a
component part described by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.