Bill Text: TX HB123 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB123-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 123 |
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relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by | ||
certain persons carrying handguns. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed | ||
from the property. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
the license holder was personally given notice by oral | ||
communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed | ||
from the property. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |