By: Schaefer H.B. No. 3016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the carrying of a firearm by a licensee in a motor
vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
the following to the end of Subsection (a): It is an exception to
the application of this subsection that the handgun was partially
or wholly visible but was carried in a shoulder or belt holster by
the license holder, or that the handgun was in a holster and the
handgun and license holder were in a motor vehicle.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending
Sections 46.035, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed
on or after January 1, 2020.
An offense committed before January 1,
2020, 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 January 1, 2020, if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.