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].