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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety  | 
         
         
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            equipment. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended  | 
         
         
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            by adding Section 151.3131 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 151.3131.  FIREARM SAFETY EQUIPMENT.  (a)  In this  | 
         
         
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            section, "firearm safety equipment" means a gun lock box, a gun  | 
         
         
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            safe, a barrel lock, a trigger lock, or another item designed to  | 
         
         
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            ensure the safe handling or storage of a firearm. | 
         
         
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                   (b)  The sale, storage, use, or other consumption of firearm  | 
         
         
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            safety equipment is exempted from the taxes imposed by this  | 
         
         
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            chapter. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not  | 
         
         
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            affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this  | 
         
         
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            Act.  That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been  | 
         
         
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            enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the  | 
         
         
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            collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of  | 
         
         
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            the liability for those taxes. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |