86R4923 LED-D
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 1126
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection
with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.
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. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH ALLOWING
CONCEALED HANDGUNS
Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "license
holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter
H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
Sec. 95A.002. IMMUNITY OF BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS CONCEALED
HANDGUNS. A person with control over the premises of a business who
allows entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed
handgun is not liable based solely on that permission for damages
arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on the
premises.
Sec. 95A.003. ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. For purposes
of this chapter, the lack of an oral or written communication that
constitutes notice for purposes of Section 30.06, Penal Code, is
sufficient to constitute allowing entry on the premises by a
license holder with a concealed handgun.
SECTION 2. Section 95A.002, 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 that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.