Bill Text: TX SB554 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [SB554 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB554-Introduced.html
87R1862 ADM-D | ||
By: Blanco | S.B. No. 554 |
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relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of | ||
loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms; | ||
creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2002, Insurance Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2002.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2002.007. PROOF OF LOSS FOR FIREARM COVERAGE. (a) In | ||
this section, "personal property insurance" means insurance | ||
against damage to or loss of tangible personal property, including | ||
coverage provided in a homeowners insurance policy, residential | ||
fire and allied lines insurance policy, or farm and ranch owners | ||
insurance policy. | ||
(b) This section applies to each insurer that provides | ||
personal property insurance in this state, including a county | ||
mutual insurance company, farm mutual insurance company, Lloyd's | ||
plan, and reciprocal or interinsurance exchange. | ||
(c) A personal property insurance policy that includes | ||
firearm coverage must provide that a report of the loss or theft of | ||
a covered firearm submitted to a peace officer or law enforcement | ||
agency on or before the 10th day after the date the policyholder | ||
became aware the firearm was lost or stolen is sufficient proof of | ||
loss for the firearm. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 46.135 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 46.135. FAILURE TO REPORT LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM. (a) | ||
A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
(1) owns a firearm that is subsequently lost by or | ||
stolen from the person; and | ||
(2) fails to report the loss or theft, or cause a | ||
report of the loss or theft to be made, to a peace officer or law | ||
enforcement agency on or before the 10th day after the date the | ||
person became aware the firearm was lost or stolen. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the | ||
actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both | ||
sections. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2002.007, Insurance Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for | ||
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |