Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB899 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R4113 LHC-F
2	2	By: Nevárez H.B. No. 899
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a
8	8	handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on certain property.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(3) "Written communication" means a sign posted in
13	13	accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the
14	14	Department of Public Safety under Subsection (c-1) [:
15	15	[(A) a card or other document on which is written
16	16	language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06,
17	17	Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a
18	18	person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code
19	19	(handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a
20	20	concealed handgun"; or
21	21	[(B) a sign posted on the property that:
22	22	[(i) includes the language described by
23	23	Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
24	24	[(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
25	25	block letters at least one inch in height; and
26	26	[(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
27	27	clearly visible to the public].
28	28	SECTION 2. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
29	29	Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
30	30	(c-1) The public safety director of the Department of Public
31	31	Safety shall adopt rules regarding the content, size, and other
32	32	characteristics of signs to be posted on a building or other
33	33	property where the property owner seeks to prohibit a license
34	34	holder from carrying a concealed handgun. The rules must require
35	35	the sign to:
36	36	(1) contain a pictogram that shows, on a white
37	37	background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle and a
38	38	diagonal red line across the handgun;
39	39	(2) contain language that includes the following:
40	40	"Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a
41	41	concealed handgun)";
42	42	(3) be a readable and conspicuous size but not larger
43	43	than 8.5 inches by 11 inches;
44	44	(4) be posted at each exterior entrance that is open to
45	45	the public;
46	46	(5) be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible
47	47	to the public;
48	48	(6) not be obstructed or altered in any way; and
49	49	(7) be immediately replaced by the property owner if
50	50	the sign becomes illegible.
51	51	(c-2) The Department of Public Safety shall make available
52	52	on the department's Internet website a printable electronic copy of
53	53	a sign that complies with the rules adopted under Subsection (c-1).
54	54	SECTION 3. Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
55	55	read as follows:
56	56	(3) "Written communication" means a sign posted in
57	57	accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the
58	58	Department of Public Safety under Subsection (c-1) [:
59	59	[(A) a card or other document on which is written
60	60	language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07,
61	61	Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried
62	62	handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
63	63	Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
64	64	property with a handgun that is carried openly"; or
65	65	[(B) a sign posted on the property that:
66	66	[(i) includes the language described by
67	67	Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
68	68	[(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
69	69	block letters at least one inch in height; and
70	70	[(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
71	71	clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property].
72	72	SECTION 4. Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
73	73	Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
74	74	(c-1) The public safety director of the Department of Public
75	75	Safety shall adopt rules regarding the content, size, and other
76	76	characteristics of signs to be posted on a building or other
77	77	property where the property owner seeks to prohibit a license
78	78	holder from openly carrying a handgun. The rules must require the
79	79	sign to:
80	80	(1) contain a pictogram that shows, on a white
81	81	background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle and a
82	82	diagonal red line across the handgun;
83	83	(2) contain language that includes the following:
84	84	"Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an
85	85	openly carried handgun)";
86	86	(3) be a readable and conspicuous size but not larger
87	87	than 8.5 inches by 11 inches;
88	88	(4) be posted at each exterior entrance that is open to
89	89	the public;
90	90	(5) be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible
91	91	to the public;
92	92	(6) not be obstructed or altered in any way; and
93	93	(7) be immediately replaced by the property owner if
94	94	the sign becomes illegible.
95	95	(c-2) The Department of Public Safety shall make available
96	96	on the department's Internet website a printable electronic copy of
97	97	a sign that complies with the rules adopted under Subsection (c-1).
98	98	SECTION 5. The public safety director of the Department of
99	99	Public Safety shall adopt the rules prescribing the content, size,
100	100	and other characteristics of the sign described by Sections
101	101	30.06(c-1) and 30.07(c-1), Penal Code, as added by this Act, and,
102	102	not later than December 1, 2017, make a printable electronic copy of
103	103	the sign available on the department's Internet website as required
104	104	by Sections 30.06(c-2) and 30.07(c-2), Penal Code, as added by this
105	105	Act.
106	106	SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act applies only
107	107	to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2018. An offense
108	108	committed before January 1, 2018, is governed by the law in effect
109	109	on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is
110	110	continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,
111	111	an offense was committed before January 1, 2018, if any element of
112	112	the offense occurred before that date.
113	113	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.