Bill Text: TX SB253 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB253 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB253-Introduced.html

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88R3843 MZM-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 253

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting
certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.05(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) A person may provide notice that firearms are prohibited
on the property by posting [a sign] at each entrance to the property
[that]:
(1) a sign that:
(A) includes, in both English and Spanish,
language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.05, Penal Code (criminal
trespass), a person may not enter this property with a firearm";
(B) [(2) includes the language described by
Subdivision (1) in both English and Spanish;
[(3)] appears in contrasting colors with block letters
at least one inch in height; and
(C) [(4)] is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public; or
(2) a sign that:
(A) includes, in both English and Spanish,
language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
following: "No firearms permitted on this property";
(B) appears on a white background with black
block letters at least one inch in height;
(C) contains a pictogram that shows, on a white
background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle of at
least six inches in diameter and a diagonal red line across the
handgun; and
(D) is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly
visible to the public.
SECTION 2. Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) "Written communication" means:
(A) a card or other document on which is written
language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06,
Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a
person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code
(handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a
concealed handgun"; [or]
(B) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes the language described by
Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
block letters at least one inch in height; and
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public; or
(C) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes, in both English and Spanish,
language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
following: "No concealed handguns permitted on this property";
(ii) appears on a white background with
black block letters at least one inch in height;
(iii) contains a pictogram that shows, on a
white background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle
of at least six inches in diameter and a diagonal red line across
the handgun; and
(iv) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public.
SECTION 3. Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) "Written communication" means:
(A) a card or other document on which is written
language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07,
Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried
handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
property with a handgun that is carried openly"; [or]
(B) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes the language described by
Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
block letters at least one inch in height; and
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property; or
(C) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes, in both English and Spanish,
language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
following: "No openly carried handguns permitted on this property";
(ii) appears on a white background with
black block letters at least one inch in height;
(iii) contains a pictogram that shows, on a
white background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle
of at least six inches in diameter and a diagonal red line across
the handgun; and
(iv) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.