Bill Text: TX HB1030 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prohibit the sale of firearms on public property in certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-02 - Left pending in committee [HB1030 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1030-Introduced.html
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| By: Burnam | H.B. No. 1030 | |
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| relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prohibit | ||
| the sale of firearms on public property in certain circumstances. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 229.001(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority a | ||
| municipality has under another law to: | ||
| (1) require residents or public employees to be armed | ||
| for personal or national defense, law enforcement, or another | ||
| lawful purpose; | ||
| (2) regulate the discharge of firearms within the | ||
| limits of the municipality, other than at a sport shooting range; | ||
| (3) regulate the use of property, the location of a | ||
| business, or uses at a business under the municipality's fire code, | ||
| zoning ordinance, or land-use regulations as long as the code, | ||
| ordinance, or regulations are not used to circumvent the intent of | ||
| Subsection (a) or Subdivision (5) of this subsection; | ||
| (4) regulate the use of firearms in the case of an | ||
| insurrection, riot, or natural disaster if the municipality finds | ||
| the regulations necessary to protect public health and safety; | ||
| (5) regulate the storage or transportation of | ||
| explosives to protect public health and safety, except that 25 | ||
| pounds or less of black powder for each private residence and 50 | ||
| pounds or less of black powder for each retail dealer are not | ||
| subject to regulation; | ||
| (6) regulate the carrying of a firearm by a person | ||
| other than a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun under | ||
| Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, at a: | ||
| (A) public park; | ||
| (B) public meeting of a municipality, county, or | ||
| other governmental body; | ||
| (C) political rally, parade, or official | ||
| political meeting; or | ||
| (D) nonfirearms-related school, college, or | ||
| professional athletic event; [ |
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| (7) regulate the hours of operation of a sport | ||
| shooting range, except that the hours of operation may not be more | ||
| limited than the least limited hours of operation of any other | ||
| business in the municipality other than a business permitted or | ||
| licensed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises | ||
| consumption; or | ||
| (8) prohibit the sale of firearms on property owned or | ||
| controlled by the municipality, other than the sale of firearms at a | ||
| permanent retail store. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 250.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 250.007. SALE OF FIREARMS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. A | ||
| county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state | ||
| may prohibit the sale of firearms on property owned or controlled by | ||
| that political subdivision, other than the sale of firearms at a | ||
| permanent retail store. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
