By: Hughes  S.B. No. 1943
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; April 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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.
 
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