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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearms  | 
      
      
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        ammunition. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:  | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding  | 
      
      
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        Section 202.020 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 202.020.  REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR FIREARMS  | 
      
      
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        AMMUNITION.  A property owners' association may not include or  | 
      
      
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        enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits,  | 
      
      
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        restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting any  | 
      
      
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        person who is otherwise authorized from lawfully possessing,  | 
      
      
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        transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or  | 
      
      
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        firearm ammunition, as well as the otherwise lawful discharge of a  | 
      
      
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        firearm. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | 
      
      
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