Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
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| By: Frazier | H.B. No. 3266 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the | ||
| possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain | ||
| devices intended to modify handguns. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 46.05(a), Penal Code, is 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; | ||
| (B) a machine gun; [ |
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| (C) a short-barrel firearm; or | ||
| (D) a device designed and intended to make a | ||
| handgun capable of automatically shooting more than one shot, | ||
| without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger; | ||
| (2) armor-piercing ammunition; | ||
| (3) a chemical dispensing device; | ||
| (4) a zip gun; | ||
| (5) a tire deflation device; or | ||
| (6) an improvised explosive device. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
