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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain |
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sales or transfers of multiple rifles to law enforcement; creating |
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a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by |
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adding Chapter 205 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE TRANSFERS OF RIFLES |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 205.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety |
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of the State of Texas. |
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(2) "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is |
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licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. |
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(3) "Rifle" has the meaning assigned by 18 U.S.C. |
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Section 921. The term includes a semiautomatic rifle, as defined by |
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that section. |
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SUBCHAPTER B. REQUIRED REPORTING OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE SALES OR |
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TRANSFERS OF RIFLES |
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Sec. 205.051. REPORT BY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. (a) This |
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section applies only to a sale or transfer of two or more rifles |
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made to the same transferee, other than a licensed firearms dealer, |
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on a single occasion or on more than one occasion during a period of |
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five consecutive business days. |
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(b) A licensed firearms dealer shall report, in the form and |
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manner prescribed by the department, the multiple sales or |
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transfers described by Subsection (a) to: |
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(1) the department; |
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(2) if any of the applicable sales or transfers |
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occurred in a municipality, the police department of each |
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municipality in which the applicable sales or transfers occurred; |
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and |
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(3) if any of the applicable sales or transfers |
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occurred outside the boundaries of a municipality, the sheriff of |
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the county in which the applicable sales or transfers occurred. |
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Sec. 205.052. OFFENSE. (a) A licensed firearms dealer who |
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violates Section 205.051 commits an offense. |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2025, the Department |
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of Public Safety shall develop the form for reporting multiple |
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rifle sales, as required by Section 205.051(b), Business & Commerce |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the sale or transfer of a rifle that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A sale or transfer of a rifle that |
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occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |