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  89R3409 AJZ-F     By: Bernal H.B. No. 479       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring a licensed firearms dealer to report certain   sales or transfers of multiple rifles to law enforcement; creating   a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by   adding Chapter 205 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 205. REPORTS OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE TRANSFERS OF RIFLES   SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS           Sec. 205.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Department" means the Department of Public Safety   of the State of Texas.                 (2)     "Licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is   licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923.                 (3)     "Rifle" has the meaning assigned by 18 U.S.C.   Section 921. The term includes a semiautomatic rifle, as defined by   that section.   SUBCHAPTER B.   REQUIRED REPORTING OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE SALES OR   TRANSFERS OF RIFLES           Sec.   205.051.     REPORT BY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. (a) This   section applies only to a sale or transfer of two or more rifles   made to the same transferee, other than a licensed firearms dealer,   on a single occasion or on more than one occasion during a period of   five consecutive business days.           (b)     A licensed firearms dealer shall report, in the form and   manner prescribed by the department, the multiple sales or   transfers described by Subsection (a) to:                 (1)  the department;                   (2)     if any of the applicable sales or transfers   occurred in a municipality, the police department of each   municipality in which the applicable sales or transfers occurred;   and                 (3)     if any of the applicable sales or transfers   occurred outside the boundaries of a municipality, the sheriff of   the county in which the applicable sales or transfers occurred.           Sec.   205.052.     OFFENSE. (a) A licensed firearms dealer who   violates Section 205.051 commits an offense.           (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.          SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2025, the Department   of Public Safety shall develop the form for reporting multiple   rifle sales, as required by Section 205.051(b), Business & Commerce   Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to the sale or transfer of a rifle that occurs on or after the   effective date of this Act. A sale or transfer of a rifle that   occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law   in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and   that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.