86R12357 JSC-F
By: Burns, Holland H.B. No. 2164
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing civil and criminal penalties for prohibiting
or otherwise restricting a peace officer or special investigator
from carrying a weapon on certain premises open to the public;
creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.1305, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) An establishment serving the public that violates this
article is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for
each violation. The attorney general may sue to collect a civil
penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this
subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of
the general revenue fund.
(d) An establishment serving the public or other person who
is an employee or agent of that establishment commits an offense if
the person violates this article. An offense under this subsection
is a Class C misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was
committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.