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  89R5152 JCG-D     By: Martinez H.B. No. 2095       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless   discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 42.12, Penal Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 42.12.   RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF FIREARM IN CERTAIN   MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES .          SECTION 2.  Sections 42.12(a) and (d), Penal Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person recklessly   discharges a firearm :                 (1)   inside the corporate limits of a municipality   having a population of 100,000 or more ; or                 (2)  in a county with a population of 500,000 or more .          (d)  Subsection (a) does not affect the authority of a county   or municipality under other law to enact an order or ordinance which   prohibits the discharge of a firearm.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.     An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.