#  88(R) HB 3089 - Introduced version - Bill Text 

 

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Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

<https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03089I.htm>

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|  | By: Lalani | H.B. No. 3089 |

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|  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|  | AN ACT |
|  | relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check |
|  | in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal |
|  | offense. |
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|  | SECTION 1. Title 6, Business &amp; Commerce Code, is amended by |
|  | adding Chapter 205 to read as follows: |
|  | CHAPTER 205. REGULATION OF PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFERS |
|  | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
|  | Sec. 205.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
|  | (1)  "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section |
|  | 46.01, Penal Code. |
|  | (2)  "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is |
|  | licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. |
|  | SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION OF PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFERS |
|  | Sec. 205.051.  REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE FIREARM TRANSFER; |
|  | OFFENSE.  (a)  A person may not sell or otherwise transfer a firearm |
|  | to another person unless: |
|  | (1) the person is a licensed firearms dealer; or |
|  | (2) the person is not a licensed firearms dealer, and: |
|  | (A)  the person sells or transfers the firearm to |
|  | a licensed firearms dealer; or |
|  | (B)  before delivering the firearm to the person |
|  | to whom the firearm is being sold or transferred, the person selling |
|  | or transferring the firearm: |
|  | (i)  requests that a licensed firearms |
|  | dealer conduct, in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922, a |
|  | national instant criminal background check; and |
|  | (ii)  verifies that the person to whom the |
|  | firearm is being sold or transferred may lawfully possess a |
|  | firearm. |
|  | (b)  A person who violates this section commits an offense. |
|  | An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. |
|  | Sec. 205.052.  DUTIES OF LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. (a)  If a |
|  | licensed firearms dealer receives a request to conduct a national |
|  | instant criminal background check under Section 205.051(a)(2)(B), |
|  | the dealer shall: |
|  | (1)  in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section 922, |
|  | conduct the criminal background check to verify that the person to |
|  | whom the firearm is being sold or transferred may lawfully possess a |
|  | firearm; and |
|  | (2)  notify the person who is selling or transferring |
|  | the firearm of the results of the criminal background check. |
|  | (b)  A licensed firearms dealer who performs a national |
|  | instant criminal background check under this section may collect a |
|  | reasonable fee from the person who requests the criminal background |
|  | check. |
|  | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |

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