Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided June 16, 2011Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Jeff Wentworth Chair, Select Committee on Open Government Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068, Austin, Texas 78711-2068
Re: Authority of a Type A general-law municipality to adopt and enforce an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of certain firearms or other weapons on property located within its original corporate limits (RQ-0937-GA)
Dear Senator Wentworth:
You ask about the authority of a Type A general-law municipality "to adopt and enforce a firearm discharge ban on property located within its original corporate boundaries."1 A municipality is authorized to adopt and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kappus v. KappusTexas Supreme Court · 2009
- Elliott Common School Dist. No. 48 v. County Board of School TrusteesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934