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| 7 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 6 | | relating to the liability of a person who allows handguns to be |
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| 10 | 7 | | carried on property owned, leased, or managed by the person. |
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| 11 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 13 | 10 | | amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 11 | | CHAPTER 95A. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ALLOW |
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| 15 | 12 | | HANDGUNS |
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| 16 | 13 | | Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "license |
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| 17 | 14 | | holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter |
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| 18 | 15 | | H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or a person with a license to carry |
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| 19 | 16 | | a handgun issued by another state and recognized in this state. |
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| 20 | 17 | | Sec. 95A.002. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO |
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| 21 | 18 | | ALLOW HANDGUNS. There is no cause of action against an owner, |
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| 22 | 19 | | lessee, or manager of property based on the owner's, lessee's, or |
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| 23 | 20 | | manager's decision not to exercise the option to forbid the |
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| 24 | 21 | | carrying of handguns by a license holder on the property by |
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| 25 | 22 | | providing notice under Sections 30.06 and 30.07, Penal Code. |
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| 26 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, |
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| 27 | 24 | | as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that |
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| 28 | 25 | | accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action |
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| 29 | 26 | | that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 30 | 27 | | the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that |
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| 31 | 28 | | date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 32 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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