Bill Text: TX HB2405 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a concealed handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on certain property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-07 - Left pending in committee [HB2405 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2405-Introduced.html
84R10798 LEH-F | ||
By: Nevárez | H.B. No. 2405 |
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relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a | ||
concealed handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on certain | ||
property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) In this section: | ||
(1) "Entry" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
30.05(b). | ||
(2) "License holder" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 46.035(f). | ||
(3) "Written communication" means a sign posted in | ||
accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the | ||
Department of Public Safety under Subsection (c-1) [ |
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(c-1) The public safety director of the Department of Public | ||
Safety shall adopt rules regarding the content, size, and other | ||
characteristics of signs to be posted on a building or other | ||
property where the property owner seeks to prohibit a license | ||
holder from carrying a handgun. The rules must require the sign to: | ||
(1) contain a pictogram that shows, on a white | ||
background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle and a | ||
diagonal red line across the handgun; | ||
(2) contain language that must include the following: | ||
"Section 30.06, Penal Code"; | ||
(3) be a readable and conspicuous size but not larger | ||
than 8.5 inches by 11 inches; | ||
(4) be posted at each exterior entrance that is open to | ||
the public; | ||
(5) be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible | ||
to the public; | ||
(6) not be obstructed or altered in any way; and | ||
(7) be immediately replaced by the property owner if | ||
the sign becomes illegible. | ||
(c-2) The Department of Public Safety shall make available | ||
on the department's Internet website a printable electronic copy of | ||
a sign that complies with the rules adopted under Subsection (c-1). | ||
SECTION 2. The public safety director of the Department of | ||
Public Safety shall adopt the rules prescribing the content, size, | ||
and other characteristics of the sign described by Section | ||
30.06(c-1), Penal Code, as added by this Act, and, not later than | ||
December 1, 2015, make a printable electronic copy of the sign | ||
available on the department's Internet website as required by | ||
Section 30.06(c-2), Penal Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2016. An offense | ||
committed before January 1, 2016, 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 January 1, 2016, if any element of | ||
the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |