Bill Text: TX HB1530 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1530 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by county commissioners attending a meeting of the commissioners court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1530 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1530-Comm_Sub.html

	82R22224 JSC-D

	By: Miller of Erath	H.B. No. 1530

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1530:

	By: Walle	C.S.H.B. No. 1530



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by county
	commissioners attending a meeting of the commissioners court.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(l) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that
	at the time of the commission of the offense:
	(1) the actor was a county commissioner attending a
	meeting of the commissioners court;
	(2) the commissioners court previously adopted and has
	maintained in effect an order or rule authorizing a county
	commissioner to carry a concealed handgun that the person is
	licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
	at a meeting of the commissioners court; and
	(3) the handgun was concealed.
	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
	covered by the law in effect when 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, 2011.