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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the manufacture of firearms without a federal license; | 
         
            |  | creating a criminal offense. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | 
         
            |  | Section 46.051 to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 46.051.  MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS WITHOUT LICENSE | 
         
            |  | PROHIBITED.  (a)  A person who does not possess a federal license to | 
         
            |  | manufacture firearms commits an offense if the person intentionally | 
         
            |  | or knowingly manufactures a firearm. | 
         
            |  | (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | 
         
            |  | (c)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | 
         
            |  | section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor | 
         
            |  | may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |