87R18011 NC-F     By: Leman, Cain, Paul, Vasut, Schofield, H.B. No. 4346       et al.     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4346:     By:  Patterson C.S.H.B. No. 4346       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the possession, carrying, or transportation of a   firearm by certain persons during the use of an easement.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Property Code, is   amended by adding Section 5.020 to read as follows:          Sec. 5.020.  EASEMENTS RESTRICTING POSSESSION OF FIREARMS   PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "firearm" has the meaning   assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code.  The term includes any   firearm parts, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition.          (b)  An instrument granting an access easement or   appurtenant easement may not restrict or prohibit an easement   holder or an easement holder's guest from possessing, carrying, or   transporting a firearm while using the easement for the easement's   purpose.          (c)  The owner of a servient estate may not enforce a   restrictive covenant in an instrument granting an easement on the   servient estate that restricts or prohibits the easement holder or   the easement holder's guest from possessing, carrying, or   transporting a firearm while using the easement for the easement's   purpose.          SECTION 2.  Section 5.020, Property Code, as added by this   Act, applies to an easement granted before, on, or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.