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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the manufacture of firearms without a federal license;  | 
         
         
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            creating a criminal offense. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding  | 
         
         
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            Section 46.051 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 46.051.  MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS WITHOUT LICENSE  | 
         
         
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            PROHIBITED.  (a)  A person who does not possess a federal license to  | 
         
         
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            manufacture firearms commits an offense if the person intentionally  | 
         
         
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            or knowingly manufactures a firearm. | 
         
         
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                   (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | 
         
         
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                   (c)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this  | 
         
         
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            section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor  | 
         
         
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            may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |