87R11400 AJZ-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 3242
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a defense to prosecution for a handgun license holder
who carries a handgun on certain premises.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (n) to read as follows:
(n) It is a defense to prosecution under Sections 46.03(a)
and 46.035(a-2), (a-3), (b), and (c) that:
(1) the person was carrying a handgun that the person
was licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government
Code, and no other weapon prohibited under the applicable section;
and
(2) the license holder was personally given notice
that carrying a handgun on the property was prohibited and promptly
departed from the property.
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 occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.