Bill Text: TX HB324 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement to report certain semiautomatic rifle sales and other transfers to the county sheriff.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB324-Introduced.html
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| By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 324 | |
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| relating to a requirement to report certain semiautomatic rifle | ||
| sales and other transfers to the county sheriff. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 205 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN FIREARM TRANSFERS | ||
| Sec. 205.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensed | ||
| firearms dealer" means a person who is licensed as a firearms dealer | ||
| under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. | ||
| Sec. 205.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to | ||
| a semiautomatic rifle that: | ||
| (1) is capable of accepting a detachable magazine; and | ||
| (2) has a caliber greater than .22. | ||
| Sec. 205.003. REPORT. A licensed firearms dealer who sells | ||
| or otherwise transfers a semiautomatic rifle described by Section | ||
| 205.002 to a person who is under 21 years of age promptly shall | ||
| report the transfer to the sheriff of the county in which the | ||
| transfer occurred. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to the sale or other transfer of a firearm that occurs on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A sale or other transfer of a | ||
| firearm that occurs before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
