Bill Text: TX HB2077 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a model policy by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System for the enforcement and implementation of state laws regarding certain persons prohibited by law from possessing a firearm or ammunition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Community Safety, Select [HB2077 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2077-Introduced.html
| 88R6497 JSC-D | ||
| By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 2077 | |
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| relating to the development of a model policy by the Office of Court | ||
| Administration of the Texas Judicial System for the enforcement and | ||
| implementation of state laws regarding certain persons prohibited | ||
| by law from possessing a firearm or ammunition. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "office" means the Office | ||
| of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. | ||
| (b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial | ||
| System shall develop and recommend a model policy regarding the | ||
| enforcement and implementation of state laws relating to: | ||
| (1) preventing the possession of a firearm or | ||
| ammunition by a person prohibited by law from possessing those | ||
| items; and | ||
| (2) providing for the transfer of a firearm or | ||
| ammunition by a person described by Subdivision (1) of this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (c) The model policy must include provisions relating to the | ||
| transfer and, when applicable, return of firearms and ammunition | ||
| owned by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or | ||
| ammunition. | ||
| (d) In developing the model policy, the office shall include | ||
| provisions to ensure due process protections, including by | ||
| recommending policies, forms, and practices to provide notice to a | ||
| person prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition, law | ||
| enforcement, and any other relevant third parties. | ||
| (e) The model policy must: | ||
| (1) be capable of being adopted and implemented by | ||
| municipalities, counties, courts, and local law enforcement | ||
| agencies; | ||
| (2) apply equally to all persons prohibited from | ||
| possessing a firearm or ammunition under state or federal law; | ||
| (3) provide clear guidance regarding the transfer of a | ||
| firearm or ammunition; and | ||
| (4) expressly require proof of compliance by a person | ||
| prohibited by law from possessing a firearm or ammunition. | ||
| (f) Not later than September 1, 2024, the office shall | ||
| submit an electronic report on the recommended model policy to the | ||
| governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and the members of the legislature. | ||
| (g) This Act expires October 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
