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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to the places where certain knives are prohibited. |
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| 8 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 46.03(a-1), Penal Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 10 | | (a-1) A person commits an offense if the person |
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| 12 | 11 | | intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a |
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| 13 | 12 | | location-restricted knife: |
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| 14 | 13 | | (1) [on the premises of a business that has a permit or |
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| 15 | 14 | | license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic |
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| 16 | 15 | | Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its |
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| 17 | 16 | | income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for |
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| 18 | 17 | | on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic |
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| 19 | 18 | | Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code; |
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| 20 | 19 | | [(2)] on the premises where a high school, collegiate, |
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| 21 | 20 | | or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking |
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| 22 | 21 | | place, unless the person is a participant in the event and a |
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| 23 | 22 | | location-restricted knife is used in the event; |
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| 24 | 23 | | (2) [(3)] on the premises of a correctional facility; |
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| 25 | 24 | | (3) [(4)] on the premises of a hospital licensed under |
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| 26 | 25 | | Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing |
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| 27 | 26 | | facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless |
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| 28 | 27 | | the person has written authorization of the hospital or nursing |
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| 29 | 28 | | facility administration, as appropriate; or |
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| 30 | 29 | | (4) [(5)] on the premises of a mental hospital, as |
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| 31 | 30 | | defined by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code, unless the |
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| 32 | 31 | | person has written authorization of the mental hospital |
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| 33 | 32 | | administration[; |
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| 34 | 33 | | [(6) in an amusement park; or |
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| 35 | 34 | | [(7) on the premises of a church, synagogue, or other |
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| 36 | 35 | | established place of religious worship]. |
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| 37 | 36 | | SECTION 2. Section 46.03(c)(2), Penal Code, is amended to |
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| 38 | 37 | | read as follows: |
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| 39 | 38 | | (2) "Premises" has ["Amusement park" and "premises" |
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| 40 | 39 | | have] the meaning [meanings] assigned by Section 46.035. |
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| 41 | 40 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 42 | 41 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 43 | 42 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 44 | 43 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 45 | 44 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 46 | 45 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 47 | 46 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 48 | 47 | | before that date. |
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| 49 | 48 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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