85R3582 PMO-F
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 1943
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearms
  ammunition.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding
  Section 202.020 to read as follows:
         Sec. 202.020.  REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR FIREARMS
  AMMUNITION.  A property owners' association may not include or
  enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits,
  restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting any
  person who is otherwise authorized from lawfully possessing,
  transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or
  firearm ammunition, as well as the otherwise lawful discharge of a
  firearm.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.