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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing the attorney general to obtain an injunction |
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against a municipality or county that adopts prohibited regulations |
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regarding firearms, ammunition, or firearm supplies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 229.001, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of |
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the state to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction against a |
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municipality adopting a regulation in violation of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 236.002, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 236.002. FIREARMS; SPORT SHOOTING RANGE. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251, |
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Agriculture Code, a county may not adopt regulations relating to: |
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(1) the transfer, private ownership, keeping, |
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transportation, licensing, or registration of firearms, |
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ammunition, or firearm supplies; or |
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(2) the discharge of a firearm at a sport shooting |
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range. |
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(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of |
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the state to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction against a |
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county adopting a regulation, other than a regulation under Section |
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236.003, in violation of this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |