By: Huffman	S.B. No. 324
	(In the Senate - Filed January 10, 2019; February 7, 2019,
	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	March 27, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; March 27, 2019, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the disposition of a firearm seized from certain
	persons with mental illness.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Articles 18.191(c) and (d), Code of Criminal
	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Not later than the 30th day after the date a firearm
	subject to disposition under this article is seized, the law
	enforcement agency holding the firearm shall contact the court in
	the county having jurisdiction to order commitment under Chapter
	574, Health and Safety Code, and request the disposition of the
	case.  Not later than the 30th day after the date of this request,
	the clerk of the court shall advise the requesting agency whether
	the person taken into custody was released under Section 573.023 or
	574.028, Health and Safety Code, or was ordered to receive
	inpatient mental health services under Section 574.034 or 574.035,
	Health and Safety Code.
	(d)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the clerk of
	the court informs a law enforcement agency holding a firearm
	subject to disposition under this article that the person taken
	into custody was released under Section 573.023 or 574.028, Health
	and Safety Code, the law enforcement agency shall:
	(1)  conduct a check of state and national criminal
	history record information to verify whether the person may
	lawfully possess a firearm under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g); and
	(2)  provide written notice to the person by certified
	mail that the firearm may be returned to the person on verification
	under Subdivision (1) that the person may lawfully possess the
	firearm.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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