By: Ritter (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 2664
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2009;
May 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 22, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of
unlawful carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises
of certain businesses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(1)
that the actor was not given effective notice under Section
411.204, Government Code.
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 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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