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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in the same  | 
         
         
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            locked location in certain foster homes. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (e-1)  The commission may not prohibit possession of  | 
         
         
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            lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an agency foster  | 
         
         
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            home.  Minimum standards may be adopted under this section relating  | 
         
         
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            to safety and proper storage of firearms and ammunition.  The  | 
         
         
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            minimum standards must allow firearms and ammunition to be [stored  | 
         
         
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            separately or] stored together in the same locked location [if the  | 
         
         
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            firearms are stored with a trigger locking device attached to the  | 
         
         
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            firearms]. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |