By: Huffines, Perry	S.B. No. 459
	(In the Senate - Filed January 11, 2017; February 6, 2017,
	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	May 8, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
	Nays 1; May 8, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation or taxation of firearms, air guns,
	knives, or ammunition by a municipality or county.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 229.001, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) 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, sale, purchase, private ownership,
	keeping, transportation, manufacture, licensing, or registration
	of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun
	supplies; or
	(2)  the discharge of a firearm or air gun at a sport
	shooting range.
	(a-1)  A municipality may not impose a tax on firearms, air
	guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies, other
	than a tax authorized by state law.
	SECTION 2.  Section 236.002, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251,
	Agriculture Code, a county may not adopt or enforce regulations
	relating to:
	(1)  the transfer, sale, purchase, private ownership,
	keeping, transportation, manufacture, licensing, or registration
	of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun
	supplies; or
	(2)  the discharge of a firearm or air gun at a sport
	shooting range.
	(a-1)  A county may not impose a tax on firearms, air guns,
	knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies, other than a tax
	authorized by state law.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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