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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
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        |  | relating to restrictive covenants regarding firearms or firearms | 
      
        |  | ammunition. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding | 
      
        |  | Section 202.020 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 202.020.  REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR FIREARMS | 
      
        |  | AMMUNITION.  A property owners' association may not include or | 
      
        |  | enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits, | 
      
        |  | restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting any | 
      
        |  | person who is otherwise authorized from lawfully possessing, | 
      
        |  | transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or | 
      
        |  | firearm ammunition, as well as the otherwise lawful discharge of a | 
      
        |  | firearm. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | 
      
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