By: King, Tracy O.	H.B. No. 94

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic
	rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense;
	increasing a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1)
	to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
	(1)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
	any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
	delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
	unlawful act;
	(2)  intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
	or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give:
	(A)  to a [any] child younger than 18 years of age
	a [any firearm,] club, [or] location-restricted knife, or firearm
	other than a semiautomatic rifle described by Paragraph (B); or
	(B)  to a person younger than 21 years of age a
	semiautomatic rifle that is capable of accepting a detachable
	magazine and that has a caliber greater than .22;
	(3)  intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
	firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
	intoxicated;
	(4)  knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
	firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
	fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
	(A)  the person's release from confinement
	following conviction of the felony; or
	(B)  the person's release from supervision under
	community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
	conviction of the felony;
	(5)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
	any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
	the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered;
	(6)  knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
	a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
	order is directed to the actor; or
	(7)  while prohibited from possessing a firearm under
	state or federal law, knowingly makes a material false statement on
	a form that is:
	(A)  required by state or federal law for the
	purchase, sale, or other transfer of a firearm; and
	(B)  submitted to a [licensed] firearms dealer
	licensed under[, as defined by] 18 U.S.C. Section 923.
	(c)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
	Subsection (a)(2)(A) [(a)(2)] that the transfer was to a minor
	whose parent or the person having legal custody of the minor had
	given written permission for the sale or, if the transfer was other
	than a sale, the parent or person having legal custody had given
	effective consent.
	(c-1)  It is an exception to the application of Subsection
	(a)(2)(B) that:
	(1)  the semiautomatic rifle is transferred to a
	recipient who:
	(A)  is a peace officer; or
	(B)  is currently serving in or has been honorably
	discharged from the United States armed forces; or
	(2)  the transfer of the semiautomatic rifle is a
	temporary loan to a person who is to carry or use the semiautomatic
	rifle only:
	(A)  while in the presence of the transferor;
	(B)  while on property owned or leased by the
	transferor;
	(C)  on the premises of a sport shooting range, as
	defined by Section 250.001, Local Government Code, and solely for
	the purpose of shooting targets at the range;
	(D)  for the purpose of lawful hunting or
	sporting, or for lawful recreational activity; or
	(E)  at a lawful competition involving the use of
	a firearm.
	(d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
	except that:
	(1)  an offense under Subsection (a)(2)(A) [(a)(2)] is
	a state jail felony if the weapon that is the subject of the offense
	is a handgun; and
	(2)  an offense under Subsection (a)(2)(B) or (a)(7) is
	a state jail felony.
	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 on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.