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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement to report certain semiautomatic rifle |
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sales and other transfers to the county sheriff. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by |
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adding Chapter 205 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN FIREARM TRANSFERS |
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Sec. 205.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensed |
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firearms dealer" means a person who is licensed as a firearms dealer |
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under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. |
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Sec. 205.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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a semiautomatic rifle that: |
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(1) is capable of accepting a detachable magazine; and |
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(2) has a caliber greater than .22. |
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Sec. 205.003. REPORT. A licensed firearms dealer who sells |
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or otherwise transfers a semiautomatic rifle described by Section |
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205.002 to a person who is under 21 years of age promptly shall |
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report the transfer to the sheriff of the county in which the |
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transfer occurred. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the sale or other transfer of a firearm that occurs on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A sale or other transfer of a |
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firearm that occurs before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |