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| 1 | 1 | By: Hegar S.B. No. 729 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of | |
| 7 | 7 | unlawful carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises | |
| 8 | 8 | of certain businesses. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (k) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (k) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(1) | |
| 13 | 13 | that the actor was not given effective notice under Section | |
| 14 | 14 | 411.204, Government Code. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 16 | 16 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 17 | 17 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 18 | 18 | governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, | |
| 19 | 19 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 20 | 20 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 21 | 21 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 22 | 22 | before that date. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |