By: Estes S.B. No. 618
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the liability of certain property owners who allow
handguns to be carried on certain property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 95A. GUN-FREE ZONE REDUCTION ACT
Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "License holder" means a person licensed under
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
(2) "Non-prohibited property" means property on which
the carrying of a handgun by a license holder is not prohibited
pursuant to Sections 46.03 or 46.035, Penal Code.
Sec. 95A.002. NO CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ALLOWING HANDGUNS ON
CERTAIN PROPERTY. There shall be no cause of action against an
owner or lessee of non-prohibited property based on the owner's or
lessee's decision not to forbid the carrying of handguns on the
non-prohibited property by giving notice pursuant to Sections 30.06
or 30.07, Penal Code.
SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as
added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that accrued
before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that
accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.