Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer of a semiautomatic rifle.
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02833I.htm
| 88R12733 AJZ-D | ||
| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2833 | |
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| relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer | ||
| of a semiautomatic rifle. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 46.055 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 46.055. UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OF SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE. (a) | ||
| A person commits an offense if the person knowingly sells, rents, | ||
| leases, or otherwise transfers, or offers to sell, rent, lease, or | ||
| otherwise transfer a semiautomatic rifle. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
| (c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | ||
| section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor | ||
| may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
