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SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Section 46.16 to read as follows:
Sec. 46.16. UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF FIREARM. (a) A person who
is an officer or employee of the United States, this state, or a
political subdivision of this state commits an offense if the
person, while acting under color of the person's office or
employment, intentionally or knowingly seizes a firearm as
permitted or required by a federal statute, order, rule, or
regulation that:
(1) imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other
regulation on firearms that does not exist under the laws of this
state; and
(2) violates the United States Constitution.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person acts under color
of the person's office or employment if the person acts or purports
to act in an official capacity or takes advantage of such actual or
purported capacity.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.