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1	1	85R24134 JSC-F
2	2	By: White, Burns, Phelan, Lang, Metcalf, H.B. No. 1911
3	3	et al.
4	4	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1911:
5	5	By: Schaefer C.S.H.B. No. 1911
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7	7
8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to granting authority to carry a firearm to certain
11	11	unlicensed persons and to related regulatory provisions and
12	12	criminal offenses.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
15	15	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
16	16	SUBCHAPTER H. LICENSE TO CARRY [A] HANDGUN AND OTHER PROVISIONS
17	17	RELATING TO CARRYING OF FIREARMS
18	18	SECTION 2. Sections 411.1741(a) and (b), Government Code,
19	19	are amended to read as follows:
20	20	(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal license
21	21	to carry a [concealed] handgun under this subchapter, the person
22	22	may make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund for
23	23	veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017.
24	24	(b) The department shall:
25	25	(1) include space on the first page of each
26	26	application for an original or renewal license to carry a
27	27	[concealed] handgun that allows a person applying for an original
28	28	or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun to indicate the
29	29	amount that the person is voluntarily contributing to the fund; and
30	30	(2) provide an opportunity for the person to
31	31	contribute to the fund during the application process for an
32	32	original or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun on the
33	33	department's Internet website.
34	34	SECTION 3. Section 411.204(c), Government Code, is amended
35	35	to read as follows:
36	36	(c) The sign required under Subsections (a) and (b) must
37	37	give notice in both English and Spanish that it is unlawful for a
38	38	person, including a person licensed under this subchapter or a
39	39	person otherwise legally authorized to carry a handgun, to carry a
40	40	handgun on the premises. The sign must appear in contrasting colors
41	41	with block letters at least one inch in height and must include on
42	42	its face the number "51" printed in solid red at least five inches
43	43	in height. The sign shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner
44	44	clearly visible to the public.
45	45	SECTION 4. Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
46	46	read as follows:
47	47	Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION AND
48	48	HANDGUN LICENSE. If a person [license holder] is carrying a handgun
49	49	[on or about the license holder's person] when a magistrate or a
50	50	peace officer demands that the person [license holder] display
51	51	identification, the person [license holder] shall display [both]
52	52	the person's [license holder's] driver's license or identification
53	53	certificate issued by the department or other proof of identity. If
54	54	the person is a license holder under this subchapter and is carrying
55	55	the person's handgun license, the person also shall display [and]
56	56	the person's [license holder's] handgun license.
57	57	SECTION 5. Sections 411.207(b) and (c), Government Code,
58	58	are amended to read as follows:
59	59	(b) A peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of
60	60	the officer's official duties may temporarily disarm a person who
61	61	is a license holder or otherwise legally authorized to carry a
62	62	handgun when the person [a license holder] enters a nonpublic,
63	63	secure portion of a law enforcement facility, if the law
64	64	enforcement agency provides a gun locker where the peace officer
65	65	can secure the person's [license holder's] handgun. The peace
66	66	officer shall secure the handgun in the locker and shall return the
67	67	handgun to the person [license holder] immediately after the person
68	68	[license holder] leaves the nonpublic, secure portion of the law
69	69	enforcement facility.
70	70	(c) A law enforcement facility shall prominently display at
71	71	each entrance to a nonpublic, secure portion of the facility a sign
72	72	that gives notice in both English and Spanish that, under this
73	73	section, a peace officer may temporarily disarm a person who is a
74	74	license holder or otherwise legally authorized to carry a handgun
75	75	when the person [license holder] enters the nonpublic, secure
76	76	portion of the facility. The sign must appear in contrasting colors
77	77	with block letters at least one inch in height. The sign shall be
78	78	displayed in a clearly visible and conspicuous manner.
79	79	SECTION 6. Section 42.042(e-2), Human Resources Code, is
80	80	amended to read as follows:
81	81	(e-2) The department may not prohibit the foster parent of a
82	82	child who resides in the foster family's home from transporting the
83	83	child in a vehicle where a handgun is present if the handgun is in
84	84	the possession and control of the foster parent and the foster
85	85	parent is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter
86	86	411, Government Code, or is otherwise legally authorized to carry a
87	87	handgun.
88	88	SECTION 7. Section 229.001(b), Local Government Code, is
89	89	amended to read as follows:
90	90	(b) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority a
91	91	municipality has under another law to:
92	92	(1) require residents or public employees to be armed
93	93	for personal or national defense, law enforcement, or another
94	94	lawful purpose;
95	95	(2) regulate the discharge of firearms or air guns
96	96	within the limits of the municipality, other than at a sport
97	97	shooting range;
98	98	(3) regulate the use of property, the location of a
99	99	business, or uses at a business under the municipality's fire code,
100	100	zoning ordinance, or land-use regulations as long as the code,
101	101	ordinance, or regulations are not used to circumvent the intent of
102	102	Subsection (a) or Subdivision (5) of this subsection;
103	103	(4) regulate the use of firearms, air guns, or knives
104	104	in the case of an insurrection, riot, or natural disaster if the
105	105	municipality finds the regulations necessary to protect public
106	106	health and safety;
107	107	(5) regulate the storage or transportation of
108	108	explosives to protect public health and safety, except that 25
109	109	pounds or less of black powder for each private residence and 50
110	110	pounds or less of black powder for each retail dealer are not
111	111	subject to regulation;
112	112	(6) regulate the carrying of a firearm or air gun by a
113	113	person other than a person licensed to carry a handgun under
114	114	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or a person otherwise
115	115	legally authorized to carry the handgun, at a:
116	116	(A) public park;
117	117	(B) public meeting of a municipality, county, or
118	118	other governmental body;
119	119	(C) political rally, parade, or official
120	120	political meeting; or
121	121	(D) nonfirearms-related school, college, or
122	122	professional athletic event;
123	123	(7) regulate the hours of operation of a sport
124	124	shooting range, except that the hours of operation may not be more
125	125	limited than the least limited hours of operation of any other
126	126	business in the municipality other than a business permitted or
127	127	licensed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises
128	128	consumption; or
129	129	(8) regulate the carrying of an air gun by a minor on:
130	130	(A) public property; or
131	131	(B) private property without consent of the
132	132	property owner.
133	133	SECTION 8. Sections 62.082(d) and (e), Parks and Wildlife
134	134	Code, are amended to read as follows:
135	135	(d) Section 62.081 does not apply to:
136	136	(1) an employee of the Lower Colorado River Authority;
137	137	(2) a person authorized to hunt under Subsection (c);
138	138	(3) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of
139	139	Criminal Procedure; or
140	140	(4) a person who:
141	141	(A) is carrying [possesses] a handgun the person
142	142	is legally authorized to carry [and a license issued under
143	143	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to carry a handgun]; or
144	144	(B) under circumstances in which the person would
145	145	be justified in the use of deadly force under Chapter 9, Penal Code,
146	146	shoots a handgun the person is legally authorized [licensed] to
147	147	carry [under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code].
148	148	(e) A state agency, including the department, the
149	149	Department of Public Safety, and the Lower Colorado River
150	150	Authority, may not adopt a rule that prohibits a person [who
151	151	possesses a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
152	152	Government Code,] from entering or crossing the land of the Lower
153	153	Colorado River Authority while:
154	154	(1) carrying [possessing] a handgun that the person is
155	155	legally authorized to carry; or
156	156	(2) under circumstances in which the person would be
157	157	justified in the use of deadly force under Chapter 9, Penal Code,
158	158	shooting a handgun.
159	159	SECTION 9. Section 284.001(e), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
160	160	amended to read as follows:
161	161	(e) This section does not limit a person's [the] ability to
162	162	carry a handgun if the person is legally authorized [of a license
163	163	holder] to carry a handgun [under the authority of Subchapter H,
164	164	Chapter 411, Government Code].
165	165	SECTION 10. Section 30.05, Penal Code, is amended by
166	166	amending Subsections (d) and (f) and adding Subsections (d-1) and
167	167	(d-2) to read as follows:
168	168	(d) Subject to Subsections (d-1) and (d-2), an [An] offense
169	169	under this section is:
170	170	(1) a Class B misdemeanor, except as provided by
171	171	Subdivisions (2) and (3);
172	172	(2) a Class C misdemeanor, except as provided by
173	173	Subdivision (3), if the offense is committed:
174	174	(A) on agricultural land and within 100 feet of
175	175	the boundary of the land; or
176	176	(B) on residential land and within 100 feet of a
177	177	protected freshwater area; and
178	178	(3) a Class A misdemeanor if:
179	179	(A) the offense is committed:
180	180	(i) in a habitation or a shelter center;
181	181	(ii) on a Superfund site; or
182	182	(iii) on or in a critical infrastructure
183	183	facility; or
184	184	(B) the person carries a deadly weapon during the
185	185	commission of the offense.
186	186	(d-1) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor
187	187	punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 if:
188	188	(1) the sole basis on which entry on the property or
189	189	land or in the building was forbidden is that entry with a firearm
190	190	was forbidden; and
191	191	(2) the person was carrying in a concealed manner or in
192	192	a holster a handgun that the person was legally authorized to carry
193	193	at the time of the offense.
194	194	(d-2) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
195	195	if:
196	196	(1) the sole basis on which entry on the property or
197	197	land or in the building was forbidden is that entry with a firearm
198	198	was forbidden;
199	199	(2) the person was carrying in a concealed manner or in
200	200	a holster a handgun that the person was legally authorized to carry
201	201	at the time of the offense; and
202	202	(3) it is shown on the trial of the offense that, after
203	203	entering the property, land, or building, the actor was personally
204	204	given notice by oral communication that entry with a firearm was
205	205	forbidden and subsequently failed to depart.
206	206	(f) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:
207	207	(1) the sole basis on which entry on the property or
208	208	land or in the building was forbidden is that entry with a firearm
209	209	[handgun] was forbidden; and
210	210	(2) at the time of the offense the person was carrying:
211	211	(A) a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter
212	212	411, Government Code, to carry a handgun; and
213	213	(B) a handgun:
214	214	(i) in a concealed manner; or
215	215	(ii) in a [shoulder or belt] holster.
216	216	SECTION 11. Section 30.07(f), Penal Code, is amended to
217	217	read as follows:
218	218	(f) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section
219	219	that the handgun was carried in a [shoulder or belt] holster.
220	220	SECTION 12. Section 46.02(a-1), Penal Code, is amended to
221	221	read as follows:
222	222	(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person
223	223	intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or
224	224	her person a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned
225	225	by the person or under the person's control at any time in which:
226	226	(1) the handgun is in plain view, unless the person is
227	227	legally authorized [licensed] to carry a handgun [under Subchapter
228	228	H, Chapter 411, Government Code], and the handgun is carried in a
229	229	[shoulder or belt] holster; or
230	230	(2) the person is:
231	231	(A) engaged in criminal activity, other than a
232	232	Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance
233	233	regulating traffic or boating;
234	234	(B) prohibited by law from possessing a firearm;
235	235	or
236	236	(C) a member of a criminal street gang, as
237	237	defined by Section 71.01.
238	238	SECTION 13. Sections 46.03(e-1) and (e-2), Penal Code, are
239	239	amended to read as follows:
240	240	(e-1) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(5)
241	241	that the actor:
242	242	(1) possessed, at the screening checkpoint for the
243	243	secured area, a [concealed] handgun that the actor was legally
244	244	authorized [licensed] to carry [under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
245	245	Government Code]; and
246	246	(2) exited the screening checkpoint for the secured
247	247	area immediately on [upon] completion of the required screening
248	248	processes and notification that the actor possessed the handgun.
249	249	(e-2) A peace officer investigating conduct that may
250	250	constitute an offense under Subsection (a)(5) and that consists
251	251	only of an actor's possession of a [concealed] handgun that the
252	252	actor is legally authorized [licensed] to carry [under Subchapter
253	253	H, Chapter 411, Government Code,] may not arrest the actor for the
254	254	offense unless:
255	255	(1) the officer advises the actor of the defense
256	256	available under Subsection (e-1) and gives the actor an opportunity
257	257	to exit the screening checkpoint for the secured area; and
258	258	(2) the actor does not immediately exit the checkpoint
259	259	on [upon] completion of the required screening processes.
260	260	SECTION 14. The heading to Section 46.035, Penal Code, is
261	261	amended to read as follows:
262	262	Sec. 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER
263	263	OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO CARRY HANDGUN.
264	264	SECTION 15. Sections 46.035(a), (b), (c), (d), (i), and
265	265	(l), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows:
266	266	(a) A person who is a license holder or otherwise legally
267	267	authorized to carry a handgun commits an offense if the person
268	268	[license holder] carries a handgun [on or about the license
269	269	holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
270	270	Government Code,] and intentionally displays the handgun in plain
271	271	view of another person in a public place. It is an exception to the
272	272	application of this subsection that the handgun was partially or
273	273	wholly visible but was carried in a [shoulder or belt] holster [by
274	274	the license holder].
275	275	(b) A person who is a license holder or otherwise legally
276	276	authorized to carry a handgun commits an offense if the person
277	277	[license holder] intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a
278	278	handgun [under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
279	279	Government Code], regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or
280	280	carried in a [shoulder or belt] holster[, on or about the license
281	281	holder's person]:
282	282	(1) on the premises of a business that has a permit or
283	283	license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic
284	284	Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its
285	285	income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for
286	286	on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic
287	287	Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
288	288	(2) on the premises where a high school, collegiate,
289	289	or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking
290	290	place, unless the person [license holder] is a participant in the
291	291	event and a handgun is used in the event;
292	292	(3) on the premises of a correctional facility;
293	293	(4) on the premises of a hospital licensed under
294	294	Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing
295	295	facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless
296	296	the person [license holder] has written authorization of the
297	297	hospital or nursing facility administration, as appropriate; or
298	298	(5) in an amusement park[; or
299	299	[(6) on the premises of a church, synagogue, or other
300	300	established place of religious worship].
301	301	(c) A person who is a license holder or otherwise legally
302	302	authorized to carry a handgun commits an offense if the person
303	303	[license holder] intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a
304	304	handgun [under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
305	305	Government Code], regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or
306	306	carried in a [shoulder or belt] holster, in the room or rooms where
307	307	a meeting of a governmental entity is held and if the meeting is an
308	308	open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and the
309	309	entity provided notice as required by that chapter.
310	310	(d) A person who is a license holder or otherwise legally
311	311	authorized to carry a handgun commits an offense if the person[,
312	312	while intoxicated, the license holder] carries a handgun while the
313	313	person is intoxicated [under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter
314	314	411, Government Code], regardless of whether the handgun is
315	315	concealed or carried in a [shoulder or belt] holster.
316	316	(i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), [(b)(6),] and (c) do not
317	317	apply to a license holder who [if the actor] was not given effective
318	318	notice under Section 30.06 or 30.07.
319	319	(l) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a license holder on
320	320	the premises where a collegiate sporting event is taking place if
321	321	the license holder [actor] was not given effective notice under
322	322	Section 30.06.
323	323	SECTION 16. Section 46.035(h-1), Penal Code, as added by
324	324	Chapter 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
325	325	Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
326	326	(h-1) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsections
327	327	(b)(1), (2), (4), and (5) [(4)-(6),] and (c) that at the time of the
328	328	commission of the offense, the actor was:
329	329	(1) a judge or justice of a federal court;
330	330	(2) an active judicial officer, as defined by Section
331	331	411.201, Government Code; or
332	332	(3) a district attorney, assistant district attorney,
333	333	criminal district attorney, assistant criminal district attorney,
334	334	county attorney, or assistant county attorney.
335	335	SECTION 17. Sections 46.15(a) and (b), Penal Code, are
336	336	amended to read as follows:
337	337	(a) Sections 46.02, [and] 46.03, and 46.035 do not apply to:
338	338	(1) peace officers or special investigators under
339	339	Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, and neither section
340	340	prohibits a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a
341	341	weapon in this state, including in an establishment in this state
342	342	serving the public, regardless of whether the peace officer or
343	343	special investigator is engaged in the actual discharge of the
344	344	officer's or investigator's duties while carrying the weapon;
345	345	(2) parole officers and neither section prohibits an
346	346	officer from carrying a weapon in this state if the officer is:
347	347	(A) engaged in the actual discharge of the
348	348	officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
349	349	(B) in compliance with policies and procedures
350	350	adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the
351	351	possession of a weapon by an officer while on duty;
352	352	(3) community supervision and corrections department
353	353	officers appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government
354	354	Code, and neither section prohibits an officer from carrying a
355	355	weapon in this state if the officer is:
356	356	(A) engaged in the actual discharge of the
357	357	officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
358	358	(B) authorized to carry a weapon under Section
359	359	76.0051, Government Code;
360	360	(4) an active judicial officer as defined by Section
361	361	411.201, Government Code, who is licensed to carry a handgun under
362	362	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
363	363	(5) an honorably retired peace officer, qualified
364	364	retired law enforcement officer, federal criminal investigator, or
365	365	former reserve law enforcement officer who holds a certificate of
366	366	proficiency issued under Section 1701.357, Occupations Code, and is
367	367	carrying a photo identification that is issued by a federal, state,
368	368	or local law enforcement agency, as applicable, and that verifies
369	369	that the officer is:
370	370	(A) an honorably retired peace officer;
371	371	(B) a qualified retired law enforcement officer;
372	372	(C) a federal criminal investigator; or
373	373	(D) a former reserve law enforcement officer who
374	374	has served in that capacity not less than a total of 15 years with
375	375	one or more state or local law enforcement agencies;
376	376	(6) a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
377	377	county attorney, or municipal attorney who is licensed to carry a
378	378	handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
379	379	(7) an assistant district attorney, assistant
380	380	criminal district attorney, or assistant county attorney who is
381	381	licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
382	382	Government Code;
383	383	(8) a bailiff designated by an active judicial officer
384	384	as defined by Section 411.201, Government Code, who is:
385	385	(A) licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter
386	386	H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and
387	387	(B) engaged in escorting the judicial officer; or
388	388	(9) a juvenile probation officer who is authorized to
389	389	carry a firearm under Section 142.006, Human Resources Code.
390	390	(b) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who:
391	391	(1) is in the actual discharge of official duties as a
392	392	member of the armed forces or state military forces as defined by
393	393	Section 437.001, Government Code, or as a guard employed by a penal
394	394	institution;
395	395	(2) is traveling;
396	396	(3) is engaging in lawful hunting, fishing, or other
397	397	sporting activity on the immediate premises where the activity is
398	398	conducted, or is en route between the premises and the actor's
399	399	residence, motor vehicle, or watercraft, if the weapon is a type
400	400	commonly used in the activity;
401	401	(4) holds a security officer commission issued by the
402	402	Texas Private Security Board, if the person is engaged in the
403	403	performance of the person's duties as an officer commissioned under
404	404	Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, or is traveling to or from the
405	405	person's place of assignment and is wearing the officer's uniform
406	406	and carrying the officer's weapon in plain view;
407	407	(5) acts as a personal protection officer and carries
408	408	the person's security officer commission and personal protection
409	409	officer authorization, if the person:
410	410	(A) is engaged in the performance of the person's
411	411	duties as a personal protection officer under Chapter 1702,
412	412	Occupations Code, or is traveling to or from the person's place of
413	413	assignment; and
414	414	(B) is either:
415	415	(i) wearing the uniform of a security
416	416	officer, including any uniform or apparel described by Section
417	417	1702.323(d), Occupations Code, and carrying the officer's weapon in
418	418	plain view; or
419	419	(ii) not wearing the uniform of a security
420	420	officer and carrying the officer's weapon in a concealed manner;
421	421	(6) is [carrying:
422	422	[(A)] a license holder [issued] under Subchapter
423	423	H, Chapter 411, Government Code, [to carry a handgun;] and is
424	424	carrying
425	425	[(B)] a handgun:
426	426	(A) [(i)] in a concealed manner; or
427	427	(B) [(ii)] in a [shoulder or belt] holster;
428	428	(7) is at least 21 years of age and:
429	429	(A) has not been convicted of a felony;
430	430	(B) is fully qualified under applicable federal
431	431	law to purchase and possess a handgun;
432	432	(C) meets the requirements under Sections
433	433	411.172(a)(1)-(13), Government Code;
434	434	(D) is not a member of a criminal street gang, as
435	435	defined by Section 71.01; and
436	436	(E) is carrying a handgun:
437	437	(i) in a concealed manner; or
438	438	(ii) in a holster;
439	439	(8) holds an alcoholic beverage permit or license or
440	440	is an employee of a holder of an alcoholic beverage permit or
441	441	license if the person is supervising the operation of the permitted
442	442	or licensed premises; or
443	443	(9) [(8)] is a student in a law enforcement class
444	444	engaging in an activity required as part of the class, if the weapon
445	445	is a type commonly used in the activity and the person is:
446	446	(A) on the immediate premises where the activity
447	447	is conducted; or
448	448	(B) en route between those premises and the
449	449	person's residence and is carrying the weapon unloaded.
450	450	SECTION 18. The following provisions are repealed:
451	451	(1) Sections 11.041, 11.61(e), 61.11, and 61.71(f),
452	452	Alcoholic Beverage Code; and
453	453	(2) Section 411.204(d), Government Code.
454	454	SECTION 19. The changes in law made by this Act relating to
455	455	the authority of a person to carry a handgun apply to the carrying
456	456	of a handgun on or after the effective date of this Act by any person
457	457	who may legally carry a handgun under this Act.
458	458	SECTION 20. The changes in law made by this Act apply only
459	459	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
460	460	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
461	461	governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
462	462	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
463	463	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
464	464	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
465	465	before that date.
466	466	SECTION 21. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.