Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB234 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R2528 AJZ-F
2	2	By: Anchia H.B. No. 234
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to wrongful exclusion of handgun license holders from
8	8	property owned by or leased to a governmental entity and to certain
9	9	offenses relating to the carrying of handguns on that property.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 411.209, Government Code,
12	12	is amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 411.209. WRONGFUL EXCLUSION OF [CONCEALED] HANDGUN
14	14	LICENSE HOLDER.
15	15	SECTION 2. Sections 411.209(a) and (d), Government Code,
16	16	are amended to read as follows:
17	17	(a) A state agency or a political subdivision of the state
18	18	may not provide notice by a communication described by Section
19	19	30.06 or 30.07, Penal Code, or by any sign expressly referring to
20	20	either of those provisions [that law] or to a [concealed handgun]
21	21	license to carry a handgun, that a license holder carrying a handgun
22	22	under the authority of this subchapter is prohibited from entering
23	23	or remaining on a premises or other place owned and occupied by the
24	24	governmental entity or leased to and occupied by the governmental
25	25	entity unless license holders are prohibited from carrying a
26	26	handgun on the premises or other place by Section 46.03 or 46.035,
27	27	Penal Code.
28	28	(d) A resident [citizen] of this state or a person licensed
29	29	to carry a [concealed] handgun under this subchapter may file a
30	30	complaint with the attorney general that a state agency or
31	31	political subdivision is in violation of Subsection (a) if the
32	32	resident [citizen] or person provides the agency or subdivision a
33	33	written notice that describes the violation and specific location
34	34	of the sign found to be in violation and the agency or subdivision
35	35	does not cure the violation before the end of the third business day
36	36	after the date of receiving the written notice. A complaint filed
37	37	under this subsection must include evidence of the violation and a
38	38	copy of the written notice.
39	39	SECTION 3. Section 30.06(e), Penal Code, is amended to read
40	40	as follows:
41	41	(e) It is an exception to the application of this section
42	42	that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun:
43	43	(1) is owned and occupied [or leased] by a
44	44	governmental entity or leased to and occupied by a governmental
45	45	entity; and
46	46	(2) is not a premises or other place on which the
47	47	license holder is prohibited from carrying the handgun under
48	48	Section 46.03 or 46.035.
49	49	SECTION 4. Section 30.07(e), Penal Code, is amended to read
50	50	as follows:
51	51	(e) It is an exception to the application of this section
52	52	that the property on which the license holder openly carries the
53	53	handgun:
54	54	(1) is owned and occupied [or leased] by a
55	55	governmental entity or leased to and occupied by a governmental
56	56	entity; and
57	57	(2) is not a premises or other place on which the
58	58	license holder is prohibited from carrying the handgun under
59	59	Section 46.03 or 46.035.
60	60	SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
61	61	to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
62	62	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.