Bill Text: TX HB899 | 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 certain property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-11 - Left pending in committee [HB899 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB899-Introduced.html
85R4113 LHC-F | ||
By: Nevárez | H.B. No. 899 |
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relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a | ||
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(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(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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SECTION 2. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
(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 concealed 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 includes the following: | ||
"Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a | ||
concealed handgun)"; | ||
(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 3. Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(3) "Written communication" means a sign posted in | ||
accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
(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 openly 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 includes the following: | ||
"Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an | ||
openly carried handgun)"; | ||
(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 5. 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 Sections | ||
30.06(c-1) and 30.07(c-1), Penal Code, as added by this Act, and, | ||
not later than December 1, 2017, make a printable electronic copy of | ||
the sign available on the department's Internet website as required | ||
by Sections 30.06(c-2) and 30.07(c-2), Penal Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2018. An offense | ||
committed before January 1, 2018, 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, 2018, if any element of | ||
the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |