Bill Text: TX HB246 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB246 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB246-Introduced.html
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By: Anchia | H.B. No. 246 |
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relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a | ||
handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(3) "Written communication" means: | ||
(A) a card or other document on which is: | ||
(i) written language identical to the | ||
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code, Concealed Carry | ||
of Handguns Prohibited [ |
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(ii) a pictogram that shows a handgun | ||
within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; or | ||
(B) a sign posted on the property that: | ||
(i) includes: | ||
(a) the language described by | ||
Paragraph (A)(i) [ |
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(b) the pictogram described by | ||
Paragraph (A)(ii); | ||
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with | ||
block letters at least one inch in height; and | ||
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner | ||
clearly visible to the public. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(3) "Written communication" means: | ||
(A) a card or other document on which is: | ||
(i) written language identical to the | ||
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code, Open Carry of | ||
Handguns Prohibited [ |
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(ii) a pictogram that shows a handgun | ||
within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; or | ||
(B) a sign posted on the property that: | ||
(i) includes: | ||
(a) the language described by | ||
Paragraph (A)(i) [ |
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(b) the pictogram described by | ||
Paragraph (A)(ii); | ||
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with | ||
block letters at least one inch in height; and | ||
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner | ||
clearly visible to the public at each entrance to 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 September 1, 2017. |