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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to the liability of a person who allows handguns to be |
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| 8 | 7 | | carried on property owned, controlled, or managed by the person. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 11 | 10 | | amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | CHAPTER 95A. ACTIONS INVOLVING THE CARRYING OF HANDGUNS ON |
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| 13 | 12 | | PROPERTY |
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| 14 | 13 | | Sec. 95A.001. EVIDENCE OF FAILURE TO FORBID HANDGUNS. The |
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| 15 | 14 | | fact that a card, sign, or other document described by Section |
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| 16 | 15 | | 30.06(c)(3) or 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is not posted on the |
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| 17 | 16 | | property of a business or any other evidence that a person failed to |
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| 18 | 17 | | exercise the person's option to forbid the carrying of a handgun by |
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| 19 | 18 | | a license holder on the property: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (1) is not admissible as evidence in a trial on the |
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| 21 | 20 | | merits in an action: |
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| 22 | 21 | | (A) against a person, including a business or |
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| 23 | 22 | | other entity, who owns, controls, or manages the property; and |
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| 24 | 23 | | (B) in which the cause of action arises from an |
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| 25 | 24 | | injury sustained on the property; and |
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| 26 | 25 | | (2) does not support a cause of action described by |
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| 27 | 26 | | Subdivision (1) against a person described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, |
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| 29 | 28 | | as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that |
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| 30 | 29 | | accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action |
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| 31 | 30 | | that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 32 | 31 | | the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that |
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| 33 | 32 | | date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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