Bill Text: TX SB618 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the liability of certain property owners who allow handguns to be carried on certain property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to State Affairs [SB618 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB618-Introduced.html
By: Estes | S.B. No. 618 | |
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relating to the liability of certain property owners who allow | ||
handguns to be carried on certain property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 95A. GUN-FREE ZONE REDUCTION ACT | ||
Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "License holder" means a person licensed under | ||
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. | ||
(2) "Non-prohibited property" means property on which | ||
the carrying of a handgun by a license holder is not prohibited | ||
pursuant to Sections 46.03 or 46.035, Penal Code. | ||
Sec. 95A.002. NO CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ALLOWING HANDGUNS ON | ||
CERTAIN PROPERTY. There shall be no cause of action against an | ||
owner or lessee of non-prohibited property based on the owner's or | ||
lessee's decision not to forbid the carrying of handguns on the | ||
non-prohibited property by giving notice pursuant to Sections 30.06 | ||
or 30.07, Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as | ||
added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that accrued | ||
before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that | ||
accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |