82R22224 JSC-D
By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 1530
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1530:
By: Walle C.S.H.B. No. 1530
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by county
commissioners attending a meeting of the commissioners court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that
at the time of the commission of the offense:
(1) the actor was a county commissioner attending a
meeting of the commissioners court;
(2) the commissioners court previously adopted and has
maintained in effect an order or rule authorizing a county
commissioner to carry a concealed handgun that the person is
licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
at a meeting of the commissioners court; and
(3) the handgun was concealed.
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
covered by the law in effect when 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, 2011.