85R1003 LED-F
By: Hall S.B. No. 86
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the liability of a property owner who allows handguns to
be carried on the owner's 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. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO
ALLOW HANDGUNS
Sec. 95A.001. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS
WHO ALLOW HANDGUNS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an
owner of property on which the carrying of a handgun is not
otherwise unlawful is immune from civil liability with respect to
any claim that is based on the property owner's failure to exercise
the option to forbid the carrying of handguns on the property.
(b) This section does not limit the liability of a property
owner for any damage or injury that arises from a wilful or wanton
act or gross negligence by the owner.
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.