Bill Text: TX HB508 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-26 - Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported [HB508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB508-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-26 - Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported [HB508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB508-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 508 |
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relating to certain laws relating to carrying concealed handguns on | ||
property owned or leased by a governmental entity; creating an | ||
offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 30.061 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 30.061. WRONGFUL EXCLUSION OF CONCEALED HANDGUN | ||
LICENSE HOLDER. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "License holder" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 46.035(f). | ||
(2) "Public employee" means an employee or appointed | ||
officer other than an independent contractor who is paid to perform | ||
services for a state or local governmental entity. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person is a public | ||
employee who provides notice under Section 30.06 to a license | ||
holder carrying a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, | ||
Chapter 411, Government Code, that entering or remaining on a | ||
premises or other place owned or leased by a governmental entity is | ||
prohibited and: | ||
(1) the license holder is not prohibited from carrying | ||
a handgun on the premises or other place by Section 46.03 or Section | ||
46.035; and | ||
(2) the public employee is reckless as to whether a | ||
license holder is prohibited from carrying a handgun on the | ||
premises or other place. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor | ||
with a minimum fine of $250. If it is shown on the trial of the | ||
offense that the notice was provided by written communication, each | ||
day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 46.035(c), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) A license holder commits an offense if the license | ||
holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun | ||
under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, | ||
regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, in the room or rooms | ||
where a [ |
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meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, | ||
and the entity provided notice as required by that chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act in amending | ||
Section 46.035(c), Penal Code, 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, 2013. |