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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 662.112.  FIREARM SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH.  (a)  June is  | 
      
      
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        Firearm Safety Awareness Month to increase awareness of firearm  | 
      
      
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        safety and encourage community residents and leaders to discuss the  | 
      
      
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        safe and responsible ownership, storage, and use of firearms and to  | 
      
      
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        promote voluntary and collaborative methods that improve public  | 
      
      
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        safety. | 
      
      
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               (b)  Firearm Safety Awareness Month may be regularly  | 
      
      
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        observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase  | 
      
      
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        awareness of and education on the responsible use of firearms. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |