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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of a sport shooting range near a school, |
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open-enrollment charter school, or school athletic facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 769 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 769. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES |
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Sec. 769.001. OPERATION OF SPORT SHOOTING RANGE NEAR |
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EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school |
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that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, |
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Education Code. |
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(2) "School" means a private or public elementary or |
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secondary school. |
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(3) "Sport shooting range" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 250.001, Local Government Code. |
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(b) A person may not operate a sport shooting range within |
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300 feet from the property line of: |
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(1) a school or open-enrollment charter school; or |
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(2) a stadium or other athletic facility of the school |
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or open-enrollment charter school. |
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(c) To the extent that this section conflicts with other |
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law, including Chapter 229 or Chapter 236, Local Government Code, |
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this section prevails. |
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SECTION 2. Section 769.001, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a sport shooting range that |
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begins operation on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |