85R2167 AJZ-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 2034
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check
  in connection with certain firearm sales; creating an offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter H-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER H-1.  NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK FOR
  INTRASTATE INTERNET FIREARM SALE
         Sec. 411.221.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "licensed
  firearms dealer" means a person who is licensed as a firearms dealer
  under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
         Sec. 411.222.  REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRASTATE INTERNET FIREARM
  SALE. A person in this state may not sell a firearm to another
  person in this state by means of the Internet unless:
               (1)  the person is a licensed firearms dealer;
               (2)  the person sells the firearm to a licensed
  firearms dealer; or
               (3)  before the firearm is delivered to the person to
  whom the firearm is being sold, the person selling the firearm
  delivers the firearm to a licensed firearms dealer to retain
  possession of the firearm until the dealer conducts a national
  instant criminal background check in a manner required by 18 U.S.C.
  Section 922 and verifies that the person to whom the firearm is
  being sold may lawfully possess a firearm.
         Sec. 411.223.  DUTIES OF LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. (a) If a
  licensed firearms dealer receives a firearm under Section
  411.222(3), the dealer shall conduct a national instant criminal
  background check in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922 to
  verify that the person to whom the firearm is being sold may
  lawfully possess a firearm before transferring the firearm to that
  person.
         (b)  If a licensed firearms dealer determines that the person
  to whom the firearm is being sold may not lawfully possess a
  firearm, the dealer shall return the firearm to the person selling
  the firearm.
         (c)  A licensed firearms dealer to whom a firearm is
  delivered under Section 411.222(3) may collect a reasonable fee
  from the person who is selling the firearm.
         Sec. 411.224.  OFFENSE. A person who violates this
  subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this section is a
  Class A misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.