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2025 Texas Statutes
Government Code
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 2 - Firearm Suppressor Regulation
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 2.001. Definitions

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TX Govt Code § 2.001 (2025)
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Sec. 2.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code.

(2) "Firearm suppressor" means any device designed, made, or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm.

(3) "Generic and insignificant part" means an item that has manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a spring, screw, nut, and pin.

(4) "Manufacture" includes forging, casting, machining, or another process for working a material.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 642 (H.B. 957), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

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