Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
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| By: Hayes | H.B. No. 2705 | |
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| relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 46.05(a) and (d), Penal Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally | ||
| or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or | ||
| sells: | ||
| (1) any of the following items, unless the item is | ||
| registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer | ||
| Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and | ||
| Explosives or otherwise not subject to that registration | ||
| requirement or unless the item is classified as a curio or relic by | ||
| the United States Department of Justice: | ||
| (A) an explosive weapon; or | ||
| (B) a machine gun; [ |
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| (2) armor-piercing ammunition; | ||
| (3) a chemical dispensing device; | ||
| (4) a zip gun; | ||
| (5) a tire deflation device; or | ||
| (6) an improvised explosive device. | ||
| (d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this | ||
| section that the actor's conduct: | ||
| (1) was incidental to dealing with a [ |
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| (2) was incidental to dealing with armor-piercing | ||
| ammunition solely for the purpose of making the ammunition | ||
| available to an organization, agency, or institution listed in | ||
| Subsection (b); or | ||
| (3) was incidental to dealing with a tire deflation | ||
| device solely for the purpose of making the device available to an | ||
| organization, agency, or institution listed in Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 46.01(10), Penal Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
