By: Hughes	S.B. No. 1943
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	April 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; April 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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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