87R12966 SCL-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 4200
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to regulatory authority of a municipality, including
  authority to prohibit abortions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Local Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 51.080 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.080.  AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT ABORTION.  
  Notwithstanding any other law, a home-rule municipality by
  ordinance may prohibit a person from performing an abortion, or
  prescribing a medication to induce an abortion, at a location in the
  municipality.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Local Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 54.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.007.  PENALTIES FOR CONDUCT PUNISHABLE UNDER STATE
  LAW. Except as otherwise specifically provided by state law, a
  municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that provides a
  penalty for conduct punishable under state law as a misdemeanor or
  by a civil penalty.
         SECTION 3.  Section 229.001(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 43.002
  of this code and Chapter 251, Agriculture Code, a municipality may
  not adopt or enforce regulations relating to:
               (1)  the transfer, possession, wearing, carrying,
  ownership, storage, transportation, licensing, or registration of
  firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun
  supplies or accessories;
               (2)  commerce in firearms, air guns, knives,
  ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or accessories; or
               (3)  the discharge of a firearm or air gun at a sport
  shooting range.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a criminal offense committed or a violation that occurs on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A criminal offense committed
  or a violation that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed
  or the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose. For purposes of this section, a criminal offense
  was committed or a violation occurred before the effective date of
  this Act if any element of the offense or violation occurred before
  that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.