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| 1 | 1 | 84R357 JRR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 92 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the definition of an illegal knife. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 46.01(6), Penal Code, is amended to read | |
| 10 | 10 | as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (6) "Illegal knife" means a: | |
| 12 | 12 | (A) knife with a blade over five and one-half | |
| 13 | 13 | inches; | |
| 14 | 14 | (B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab | |
| 15 | 15 | another by being thrown; | |
| 16 | 16 | (C) dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, | |
| 17 | 17 | stiletto, and poniard; | |
| 18 | 18 | (D) [bowie knife; | |
| 19 | 19 | [(E)] sword; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (E) [(F)] spear. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Section 46.15(e), Penal Code, is amended to read | |
| 22 | 22 | as follows: | |
| 23 | 23 | (e) The provisions of Section 46.02 prohibiting the | |
| 24 | 24 | carrying of an illegal knife do not apply to an individual carrying | |
| 25 | 25 | a [bowie knife or a] sword used in a historical demonstration or in | |
| 26 | 26 | a ceremony in which the [knife or] sword is significant to the | |
| 27 | 27 | performance of the ceremony. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 29 | 29 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 30 | 30 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 31 | 31 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 32 | 32 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 33 | 33 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 34 | 34 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 35 | 35 | before that date. | |
| 36 | 36 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |