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Senate Bill 1742 |
Senate Author: Shapiro et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Paxton |
Senate Bill 1742 amends the Local Government Code to provide for the regulation of the discharge of a weapon by a municipality located wholly or partly in a county with a population of 450,000 or more, in which all or part of a municipality with a population of one million or more is located, and that is located adjacent to a county with a population of two million or more. The bill prohibits such a municipality from applying a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or in an area annexed by the municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged on certain tracts of land of 10 acres or more; a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged on certain tracts of land of 50 acres or more; or discharged at a sport shooting range. The discharge of an applicable weapon must be in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the applicable tract of land.