Bill Text: TX SB458 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the offense of carrying a handgun while intoxicated.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB458 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB458-Introduced.html

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85R990 JSC-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 458

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of carrying a handgun while intoxicated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.035(d), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) A license holder commits an offense if, while
intoxicated, the license holder carries a handgun under the
authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless
of whether the handgun is concealed or carried in a shoulder or belt
holster. This subsection does not apply if the handgun is located
in the same vehicle as the license holder but is not carried on the
license holder's person.
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, 2017.