Bill Text: TX HB1375 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB1375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1375-Introduced.html
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By: Meza | H.B. No. 1375 |
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relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers; creating a | ||
criminal offense. | ||
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. REGULATION OF FIREARM TRANSFERS | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 205.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Department" means the Department of Public | ||
Safety. | ||
(2) "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is | ||
licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION OF PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFERS | ||
Sec. 205.051. DOCUMENTATION OF PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFERS. | ||
(a) The department by rule shall adopt a form to document the sale | ||
or other transfer of a firearm by a person who is not a licensed | ||
firearms dealer. | ||
(b) The form adopted under Subsection (a) must include: | ||
(1) the name, driver's license or personal | ||
identification certificate number, if any, and contact information | ||
of the person selling or transferring the firearm; | ||
(2) the name, driver's license or personal | ||
identification certificate number, if any, and contact information | ||
of the person to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred; | ||
(3) the type of firearm and serial number of the | ||
firearm being sold or transferred; and | ||
(4) any other information the department considers | ||
necessary to document the sale or transfer. | ||
Sec. 205.052. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFER. | ||
(a) A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to another | ||
person unless: | ||
(1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer; or | ||
(2) the person is not a licensed firearms dealer and: | ||
(A) documents the sale or transfer on the form | ||
adopted by the department under Section 205.051; and | ||
(B) submits the form described by Paragraph (A) | ||
to the department not later than the 30th day after the date of the | ||
sale or transfer. | ||
(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. | ||
An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |