By: Hughes S.B. No. 741

(In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2019; March 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 8, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearm 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 FIREARM 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, 2019.

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