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        relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearm  | 
      
      
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        ammunition. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:  | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding  | 
      
      
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        Section 202.020 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 202.020.  REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR FIREARM AMMUNITION.   | 
      
      
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        A property owners' association may not include or enforce a  | 
      
      
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        provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits, restricts, or  | 
      
      
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        has the effect of prohibiting or restricting any person who is  | 
      
      
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        otherwise authorized from lawfully possessing, transporting, or  | 
      
      
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        storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition, as  | 
      
      
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        well as the otherwise lawful discharge of a firearm. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 741 passed the Senate on  | 
      
      
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        April 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 741 passed the House on  | 
      
      
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        May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 106, Nays 38, two  | 
      
      
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        present not voting. | 
      
      
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        Approved: | 
      
      
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                  Governor |