88R3229 JSC-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 324
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement to report certain semiautomatic rifle
sales and other transfers to the county sheriff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 205 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN FIREARM TRANSFERS
Sec. 205.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensed
firearms dealer" means a person who is licensed as a firearms dealer
under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
Sec. 205.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
a semiautomatic rifle that:
(1) is capable of accepting a detachable magazine; and
(2) has a caliber greater than .22.
Sec. 205.003. REPORT. A licensed firearms dealer who sells
or otherwise transfers a semiautomatic rifle described by Section
205.002 to a person who is under 21 years of age promptly shall
report the transfer to the sheriff of the county in which the
transfer occurred.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the sale or other transfer of a firearm that occurs on or after
the effective date of this Act. A sale or other transfer of a
firearm that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.