By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1322
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to county regulation of firearms in unincorporated areas.
 1-2           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-3           SECTION 1.  Section 240.021, Local Government Code, is
 1-4     amended to read as follows:
 1-5           Sec. 240.021.  APPLICABILITY [SUBDIVISIONS COVERED BY
 1-6     SUBCHAPTER].  This subchapter applies only to a tract or parcel of
 1-7     property [subdivision] all or a part of which is located in the
 1-8     unincorporated area of a county [and for which a plat is required
 1-9     to be prepared and filed under Chapter 232].
1-10           SECTION 2.  Section 240.022, Local Government Code, is
1-11     amended to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 240.022.  AUTHORITY TO REGULATE.  To promote the public
1-13     safety, the commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit
1-14     or otherwise regulate the discharge of firearms on a tract or
1-15     parcel of property [lots] that is 20 [are 10] acres or smaller and
1-16     [are] located in the unincorporated area of the county [in a
1-17     subdivision].