Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 179.055 · Subchapter B. AUTHORITY AND REQUIREMENTS TO CARRY HANDGUN
DISCHARGE OF HANDGUN.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A first responder may discharge a handgun while on duty only in self-defense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1026 (H.B. 1069), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.179.htm
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- sha256 36358d40b3ec5338145b4f4b395e48f68f3f59e5df0c7c4aab40549ceac41389
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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