Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Pickett, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 873
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
3		-	May 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
4		-	Affairs; May 8, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to prohibiting certain establishments serving the public
12	6		from restricting a peace officer or special investigator from
13	7		carrying a weapon on the premises.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
16	10		amended by adding Article 2.1305 to read as follows:
17	11		Art. 2.1305. CARRYING WEAPON ON CERTAIN PREMISES. (a) An
18	12		establishment serving the public may not prohibit or otherwise
19	13		restrict a peace officer or special investigator from carrying on
20	14		the establishment's premises a weapon that the peace officer or
21	15		special investigator is otherwise authorized to carry, regardless
22	16		of whether the peace officer or special investigator is engaged in
23	17		the actual discharge of the officer's or investigator's duties
24	18		while carrying the weapon.
25	19		(b) For purposes of this article:
26	20		(1) "Establishment serving the public" means:
27	21		(A) a hotel, motel, or other place of lodging;
28	22		(B) a restaurant or other place where food is
29	23		offered for sale to the public;
30	24		(C) a retail business or other commercial
31	25		establishment or an office building to which the general public is
32	26		invited;
33	27		(D) a sports venue; and
34	28		(E) any other place of public accommodation,
35	29		amusement, convenience, or resort to which the general public or
36	30		any classification of persons from the general public is regularly,
37	31		normally, or customarily invited.
38	32		(2) "Sports venue" means an arena, coliseum, stadium,
39	33		or other type of area or facility that is primarily used or is
40	34		planned for primary use for one or more professional or amateur
41	35		sports or athletics events and for which a fee is charged or is
42	36		planned to be charged for admission to the sports or athletics
43	37		events, other than occasional civic, charitable, or promotional
44	38		events.
45	39		SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
46	40		to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
47	41		Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
48	42		governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and
49	43		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
50	44		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	45	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	46	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	47	+	I certify that H.B. No. 873 was passed by the House on April
	48	+	20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	49	+	voting.
	50	+	______________________________
	51	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	52	+	I certify that H.B. No. 873 was passed by the Senate on May
	53	+	12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	54	+	______________________________
	55	+	Secretary of the Senate
	56	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	57	+	Date
	58	+	_____________________
	59	+	Governor