Bill Text: TX SB459 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation or taxation of firearms, air guns, knives, or ammunition by a municipality or county.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-16 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [SB459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB459-Engrossed.html
| By: Huffines, et al. | S.B. No. 459 | |
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| relating to the regulation or taxation of firearms, air guns, | ||
| knives, or ammunition by a municipality or county. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 229.001, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 43.002 | ||
| of this code and Chapter 251, Agriculture Code, a municipality may | ||
| not adopt or enforce regulations relating to: | ||
| (1) the transfer, sale, purchase, private ownership, | ||
| keeping, transportation, manufacture, licensing, or registration | ||
| of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun | ||
| supplies; or | ||
| (2) the discharge of a firearm or air gun at a sport | ||
| shooting range. | ||
| (a-1) A municipality may not impose a tax on firearms, air | ||
| guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies, other | ||
| than a tax authorized by state law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 236.002, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251, | ||
| Agriculture Code, a county may not adopt or enforce regulations | ||
| relating to: | ||
| (1) the transfer, sale, purchase, private ownership, | ||
| keeping, transportation, manufacture, licensing, or registration | ||
| of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun | ||
| supplies; or | ||
| (2) the discharge of a firearm or air gun at a sport | ||
| shooting range. | ||
| (a-1) A county may not impose a tax on firearms, air guns, | ||
| knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies, other than a tax | ||
| authorized by state law. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
