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| 1 | 1 | 85R1101 LED-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rinaldi H.B. No. 497 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the liability of a business that allows handguns to be | |
| 8 | 8 | carried on the business's premises. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 95A. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS HANDGUNS | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 95A.001. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS | |
| 14 | 14 | HANDGUNS. The owner or operator of a business on the premises of | |
| 15 | 15 | which the carrying of a handgun is not otherwise unlawful is immune | |
| 16 | 16 | from civil liability with respect to any claim that is based on the | |
| 17 | 17 | owner's or operator's failure to exercise the option to forbid the | |
| 18 | 18 | carrying of handguns on the premises by customers or employees. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | |
| 20 | 20 | as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that | |
| 21 | 21 | accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action | |
| 22 | 22 | that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by | |
| 23 | 23 | the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that | |
| 24 | 24 | date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |