Bill Text: TX HB356 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the carrying of concealed or holstered handguns by certain handgun license holders attending a meeting of the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB356 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB356-Introduced.html
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By: Huberty | H.B. No. 356 |
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relating to the carrying of concealed or holstered handguns by | ||
certain handgun license holders attending a meeting of the board of | ||
trustees of a school district or the governing body of an | ||
open-enrollment charter school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (j) to read as follows: | ||
(j) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(1) | ||
that at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was: | ||
(1) carrying in a concealed manner or in a shoulder or | ||
belt holster a handgun that the person was licensed to carry under | ||
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and | ||
(2) attending a meeting of the board of trustees of a | ||
school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter | ||
school in an official capacity as: | ||
(A) a member of the board or governing body; or | ||
(B) the superintendent of the school district or | ||
charter school or another person serving in a similar capacity. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
(m) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that | ||
at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was attending | ||
a meeting of the board of trustees of a school district or the | ||
governing body of an open-enrollment charter school in an official | ||
capacity as: | ||
(1) a member of the board or governing body; or | ||
(2) the superintendent of the school district or | ||
charter school or another person serving in a similar capacity. | ||
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. |