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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to permitting certain foster homes to store firearms and  | 
      
      
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        ammunition in the same locked location. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e-1), Human Resources Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (e-1)  The commission [department] may not prohibit  | 
      
      
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        possession of lawfully permitted firearms and ammunition in an  | 
      
      
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        agency foster home.  Minimum standards may be adopted under this  | 
      
      
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        section relating to safety and proper storage of firearms and  | 
      
      
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        ammunition.  The minimum standards must allow [, including 
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          standards requiring] firearms and ammunition to be stored together  | 
      
      
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        [separately] in the same locked location [locations]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |