Section 250.001 - Restriction on Regulation of Sport Shooting Ranges(a) In this section:(1) "Association" or "private club" means an association or private club that operates a sport shooting range at which not fewer than 20 different individuals discharge firearms each calendar year.(2) "Sport shooting range" means a business establishment, private club, or association that operates an area for the discharge or other use of firearms for silhouette, skeet, trap, black powder, target, self-defense, or similar recreational shooting.(b) A governmental official may not seek a civil or criminal penalty against a sport shooting range or its owner or operator based on the violation of a municipal or county ordinance, order, or rule regulating noise:(1) if the sport shooting range is in compliance with the applicable ordinance, order, or rule; or(2) if no applicable noise ordinance, order, or rule exists.(c) A person may not bring a nuisance or similar cause of action against a sport shooting range based on noise: (1) if the sport shooting range is in compliance with all applicable municipal and county ordinances, orders, and rules regulating noise; or(2) if no applicable noise ordinance, order, or rule exists.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 250.001
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 624, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2011.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1050, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 145, Sec. 1, eff. 8/26/1991.