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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection |
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| 8 | 8 | | with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 95A. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH ALLOWING |
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| 13 | 13 | | CONCEALED HANDGUNS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "license |
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| 15 | 15 | | holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter |
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| 16 | 16 | | H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 95A.002. IMMUNITY OF BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS CONCEALED |
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| 18 | 18 | | HANDGUNS. A person with control over the premises of a business who |
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| 19 | 19 | | allows entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed |
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| 20 | 20 | | handgun is not liable based solely on that permission for damages |
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| 21 | 21 | | arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | premises. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 95A.003. ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. For purposes |
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| 24 | 24 | | of this chapter, the lack of an oral or written communication that |
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| 25 | 25 | | constitutes notice for purposes of Section 30.06, Penal Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | sufficient to constitute allowing entry on the premises by a |
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| 27 | 27 | | license holder with a concealed handgun. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 95A.002, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 29 | 29 | | Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that |
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| 30 | 30 | | accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action |
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| 31 | 31 | | that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 32 | 32 | | the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that |
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| 33 | 33 | | date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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