Bill Text: TX HB2127 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2127 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2127-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2127 |
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relating to the municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms | ||
and certain other weapons in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 229, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 229.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 229.004. REGULATION OF DISCHARGE OF WEAPON BY CERTAIN | ||
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality | ||
located in a county in which the majority of the population of two | ||
or more municipalities with a population of 300,000 or more are | ||
located. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 229.002, a municipality may not | ||
apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other | ||
weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or | ||
in an area annexed by the municipality on or before September 1, | ||
1981, if the firearm or other weapon is: | ||
(1) a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and | ||
arrow discharged: | ||
(A) on a tract of land of 100 acres or more and | ||
more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on | ||
another property; and | ||
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause | ||
a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or | ||
(2) a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any | ||
caliber discharged: | ||
(A) on a tract of land of 100 acres or more and | ||
more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on | ||
another property; and | ||
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause | ||
a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |