Bill Text: TX HB958 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel in certain proceedings in federal court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB958 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB958-Introduced.html
| By: Toth | H.B. No. 958 | |
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| relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel | ||
| in certain proceedings in federal court. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 2.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A district or county attorney may not be of counsel in a | ||
| proceeding in federal court involving enforcement of a federal | ||
| statute, order, rule, or regulation purporting to regulate a | ||
| firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition. | ||
| (d) For purposes of Subsection (c): | ||
| (1) "Ammunition" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 229.001, Local Government Code. | ||
| (2) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 46.01, Penal Code. | ||
| (3) "Firearm accessory" means an item that is used in | ||
| conjunction with or mounted on a firearm but is not essential to the | ||
| basic function of the firearm. The term includes a detachable | ||
| firearm magazine. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
