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| 1 | 1 | 85R1003 LED-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hall S.B. No. 86 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the liability of a property owner who allows handguns to | |
| 8 | 8 | be carried on the owner's property. | |
| 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 CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO | |
| 13 | 13 | ALLOW HANDGUNS | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 95A.001. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS | |
| 15 | 15 | WHO ALLOW HANDGUNS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an | |
| 16 | 16 | owner of property on which the carrying of a handgun is not | |
| 17 | 17 | otherwise unlawful is immune from civil liability with respect to | |
| 18 | 18 | any claim that is based on the property owner's failure to exercise | |
| 19 | 19 | the option to forbid the carrying of handguns on the property. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) This section does not limit the liability of a property | |
| 21 | 21 | owner for any damage or injury that arises from a wilful or wanton | |
| 22 | 22 | act or gross negligence by the owner. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | |
| 24 | 24 | as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that | |
| 25 | 25 | accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action | |
| 26 | 26 | that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by | |
| 27 | 27 | the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that | |
| 28 | 28 | date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |