88R7284 KBB-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 1886       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation of a sport shooting range near a school,   open-enrollment charter school, or school athletic facility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 769 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 769.  EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES          Sec. 769.001.  OPERATION OF SPORT SHOOTING RANGE NEAR   EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school   that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,   Education Code.                (2)  "School" means a private or public elementary or   secondary school.                (3)  "Sport shooting range" has the meaning assigned by   Section 250.001, Local Government Code.          (b)  A person may not operate a sport shooting range within   300 feet from the property line of:                (1)  a school or open-enrollment charter school; or                (2)  a stadium or other athletic facility of the school   or open-enrollment charter school.          (c)  To the extent that this section conflicts with other   law, including Chapter 229 or Chapter 236, Local Government Code,   this section prevails.          SECTION 2.  Section 769.001, Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to a sport shooting range that   begins operation on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.