85R22161 LHC-D
 
  By: Nevárez H.B. No. 2655
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2655:
 
  By:  Nevárez C.S.H.B. No. 2655
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a
  firearm.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
  any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
  delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
  unlawful act;
               (2)  intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
  or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child
  younger than 18 years any firearm, club, or illegal knife;
               (3)  intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
  firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
  intoxicated;
               (4)  knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
  firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
  fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
                     (A)  the person's release from confinement
  following conviction of the felony; or
                     (B)  the person's release from supervision under
  community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
  conviction of the felony;
               (5)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
  any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
  the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered; [or]
               (6)  knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
  a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
  order is directed to the actor; or
               (7)  knowingly sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a
  firearm to a person who the actor knows, or has reasonable cause to
  believe, is:
                     (A)  a person receiving inpatient mental health
  services by order of a court under Chapter 574, Health and Safety
  Code;
                     (B)  a person who has been acquitted in a criminal
  case by reason of insanity or lack of mental responsibility,
  regardless of whether the person was ordered by a court to receive
  inpatient treatment or residential care under Chapter 46C, Code of
  Criminal Procedure;
                     (C)  a person who has been determined to have an
  intellectual disability and committed by a court for long-term
  placement in a residential care facility under Chapter 593, Health
  and Safety Code;
                     (D)  an incapacitated adult for whom a court has
  appointed a guardian of the person under Title 3, Estates Code,
  based on a determination that the person lacks the mental capacity
  to manage the person's affairs; or
                     (E)  a person determined to be incompetent to
  stand trial under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (e)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(7)
  that the transfer is to a person who:
               (1)  is the subject of a judicial order or finding that
  the person is no longer an incapacitated adult or is entitled to
  relief from disabilities under Section 574.088, Health and Safety
  Code; or
               (2)  has obtained notice of relief from disabilities
  under 18 U.S.C. Section 925.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.