Bill Text: TX SB450 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to State Affairs [SB450 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB450-Introduced.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 450 | |
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| relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating | ||
| firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 1.10 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1.10. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAWS REGULATING | ||
| FIREARMS, FIREARM ACCESSORIES, AND FIREARM AMMUNITION. (a) In | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 46.01. | ||
| (2) "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 a firearm. The term includes a detachable firearm | ||
| magazine. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an agency of this | ||
| state or a political subdivision of this state, and a law | ||
| enforcement officer or other person employed by an agency of this | ||
| state or a political subdivision of this state, may not contract | ||
| with or in any other manner provide assistance to a federal agency | ||
| or official with respect to the enforcement of a federal statute, | ||
| order, rule, or regulation purporting to regulate a firearm, a | ||
| firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition if the statute, order, | ||
| rule, or regulation imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other | ||
| regulation, such as a capacity or size limitation or a registration | ||
| requirement, that does not exist under the laws of this state. | ||
| (c) This section does not prohibit compliance with the | ||
| national instant criminal background check system in the manner | ||
| required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
