Bill Text: TX SB535 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB535-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises of certain places of religious worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB535-Engrossed.html
By: Campbell, Birdwell, Hall | S.B. No. 535 |
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relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the | ||
premises of certain places of religious worship. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 46.035(b) and (i), Penal Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A license holder commits an offense if the license | ||
holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly 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, on or about the license holder's person: | ||
(1) on the premises of a business that has a permit or | ||
license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its | ||
income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for | ||
on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code; | ||
(2) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, | ||
or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking | ||
place, unless the license holder is a participant in the event and a | ||
handgun is used in the event; | ||
(3) on the premises of a correctional facility; | ||
(4) on the premises of a hospital licensed under | ||
Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing | ||
facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless | ||
the license holder has written authorization of the hospital or | ||
nursing facility administration, as appropriate; | ||
(5) in an amusement park; or | ||
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(i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), [ |
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apply if the actor was not given effective notice under Section | ||
30.06 or 30.07. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 46.035(h-1), Penal Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(h-1) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsections | ||
(b)(1), (2), (4), and (5)[ |
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commission of the offense, the actor was: | ||
(1) a judge or justice of a federal court; | ||
(2) an active judicial officer, as defined by Section | ||
411.201, Government Code; or | ||
(3) the attorney general or a United States attorney, | ||
assistant United States attorney, assistant attorney general, | ||
district attorney, assistant district attorney, criminal district | ||
attorney, assistant criminal district attorney, county attorney, | ||
or assistant county attorney. | ||
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 at the time 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. |