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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | 
         
            |  | amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 662.112.  FIREARM SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH.  (a)  June is | 
         
            |  | Firearm Safety Awareness Month to increase awareness of firearm | 
         
            |  | safety and encourage community residents and leaders to discuss the | 
         
            |  | safe and responsible ownership, storage, and use of firearms and to | 
         
            |  | promote voluntary and collaborative methods that improve public | 
         
            |  | safety. | 
         
            |  | (b)  Firearm Safety Awareness Month may be regularly | 
         
            |  | observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase | 
         
            |  | awareness of and education on the responsible use of firearms. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |