Bill Text: TX HB1209 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a handgun by a license holder.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB1209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1209-Introduced.html
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By: Burns | H.B. No. 1209 |
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relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a | ||
handgun by a license holder. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.035(g), Penal Code, as amended by | ||
Chapters 437 (H.B. 910) and 438 (S.B. 11), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(g) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an [ |
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offense under this section [ |
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misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), | ||
or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed | ||
$200, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is | ||
shown on the trial of the offense that, after entering the property, | ||
the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
communication under Section 30.06 or 30.07 that entry on the | ||
property was forbidden and subsequently failed to depart. An [ |
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(b)(3) [ |
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degree. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |