Bill Text: TX HB844 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the possession of certain weapons by a security guard on the premises of a school or educational institution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-02 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB844 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB844-Introduced.html
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By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 844 |
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relating to the possession of certain weapons by a security guard on | ||
the premises of a school or educational institution. | ||
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 an exception to the application of Subsection | ||
(a)(1) that the actor possessed a firearm or club while traveling to | ||
or from the actor's place of assignment or in the actual discharge | ||
of the actor's duties as a security officer if: | ||
(1) the actor holds a security officer commission | ||
issued by the Texas Private Security Board; | ||
(2) the actor is wearing a distinctive uniform; and | ||
(3) the firearm or club is in plain view. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |