Bill Text: TX SB2381 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the places where certain knives are prohibited.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB2381 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2381-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hughes, et al. | S.B. No. 2381 | |
(Dutton, Frullo) | ||
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relating to the places where certain knives are prohibited. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.03(a-1), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
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(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person | ||
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a | ||
location-restricted knife: | ||
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or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking | ||
place, unless the person is a participant in the event and a | ||
location-restricted knife is used in the event; | ||
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Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing | ||
facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless | ||
the person has written authorization of the hospital or nursing | ||
facility administration, as appropriate; or | ||
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defined by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code, unless the | ||
person has written authorization of the mental hospital | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 46.03(c)(2), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
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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, 2019. |