Bill Text: TX HB1966 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the carrying of a concealed handgun on the premises of a condominium or multifamily residential rental property.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 16)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1966 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1966-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Paul, Shine, Workman, Villalba, et al. | H.B. No. 1966 | |
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| relating to the carrying of a concealed handgun on the premises of a | ||
| condominium or multifamily residential rental property. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 82.002, Property Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) Section 82.121 applies to a condominium for which the | ||
| declaration was recorded before January 1, 1994. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 82, Property Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 82.121 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 82.121. POSSESSION OF CONCEALED HANDGUN ON CONDOMINIUM | ||
| PROPERTY. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of a dedicatory | ||
| instrument to the contrary, a condominium unit owner, or a tenant or | ||
| guest of a condominium unit owner, or a guest of a tenant of a | ||
| condominium unit owner may not be prohibited from carrying a | ||
| concealed handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, | ||
| Government Code, on condominium property as necessary to enter the | ||
| owner's unit, to exit the condominium property from the owner's | ||
| unit, or to enter a vehicle on the condominium property. | ||
| (b) This section applies to a provision of a dedicatory | ||
| instrument regardless of the date of the provision's adoption. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 92, Property Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 92.026 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 92.026. POSSESSION OF CONCEALED HANDGUN ON LEASED | ||
| PREMISES. Unless possession of a handgun on a landlord's property | ||
| is prohibited by state or federal law, a landlord may not prohibit a | ||
| tenant or a tenant's guest from carrying a concealed handgun under | ||
| the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on the | ||
| leased premises of a multifamily property as necessary to enter the | ||
| tenant's dwelling unit, to exit the leased premises, or to enter a | ||
| vehicle on the leased premises. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 92.026, Property Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, does not affect the enforceability of a provision in a lease | ||
| entered into or renewed before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
