By Naishtat, Greenberg H.B. No. 1707 74R7000 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the forfeiture or destruction of weapons belonging to 1-3 persons convicted of certain crimes. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 18.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-7 (h) A prohibited weapon forfeited to a law enforcement 1-8 agency under this article may be used by the agency only for 1-9 official law enforcement use, and the agency may not provide the 1-10 weapon to a peace officer employed by the agency for personal use 1-11 or dispose of the weapon in any manner other than by: 1-12 (1) destroying the weapon; or 1-13 (2) if the weapon is an antique or curio firearm 1-14 manufactured before 1899, donating the weapon to a museum, as 1-15 defined by Section 80.002, Property Code. 1-16 SECTION 2. Article 18.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-17 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-18 (f) A weapon forfeited to a law enforcement agency under 1-19 this article may be used by the agency only for official law 1-20 enforcement use, and the agency may not provide the weapon to a 1-21 peace officer employed by the agency for personal use or dispose of 1-22 the weapon in any manner other than by: 1-23 (1) destroying the weapon; or 1-24 (2) if the weapon is an antique or curio firearm 2-1 manufactured before 1899, donating the weapon to a museum, as 2-2 defined by Section 80.002, Property Code. 2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 2-4 applies to all weapons involved in a criminal offense that are in 2-5 the possession of a law enforcement agency on or after that date. 2-6 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.