Bill Text: TX SB506 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 506 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to carrying a handgun during a state of disaster.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Referred to State Affairs [SB506 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB506-Introduced.html

	86R6736 JSC-D

	By: Creighton	S.B. No. 506



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to carrying a handgun during a state of disaster.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsections (k) and (l) to read as follows:
	(k) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who carries a
	handgun if:
	(1) the person carries the handgun while:
	(A) evacuating from an area subject to a
	mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of disaster
	declared under Section 418.014, Government Code, or a local state
	of disaster declared under Section 418.108, Government Code; or
	(B) reentering that area following the person's
	evacuation;
	(2) not more than 168 hours have elapsed since the
	evacuation was ordered or more than 168 hours have elapsed since the
	evacuation order was issued and the governor has extended the
	period during which a person may carry a handgun; and
	(3) the person is not prohibited by state or federal
	law from possessing a firearm.
	(l) Sections 46.02, 46.03(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), and
	(a)(4), and 46.035(a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(5),
	and (b)(6) do not apply to a person who carries a handgun if:
	(1) the person carries the handgun on the premises, as
	defined by the statute providing the applicable offense, of a
	location operating as an emergency shelter during a state of
	disaster declared under Section 418.014, Government Code, or a
	local state of disaster declared under Section 418.108, Government
	Code;
	(2) the owner, controller, or operator of the premises
	or a person acting with the apparent authority of the owner,
	controller, or operator, authorized the carrying of the handgun;
	and
	(3) the person is not prohibited by state or federal
	law from possessing a firearm.
	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 was
	committed before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.