Bill Text: TX HB3989 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the locations where a person may openly carry a holstered handgun.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB3989 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3989-Introduced.html

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By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 3989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the locations where a person may openly carry a
holstered handgun.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.035(f)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 46.035(f)(1) "Amusement Park" means an [permanent]
indoor or outdoor facility or park where amusement rides are
available for use by the public that is;
(A) located in a county with a population of more
than one million[,];
(B) encompasses at least 75 acres in surface
area[,];
(C) makes amusement rides available for use by
the public for at least 21 consecutive days each calendar year,
(D) is enclosed with access only through
controlled entries while the amusement rides are available for use
by the public [, is open for operation more than 120 days in each
calendar year,] and;
(E) has security guards on the premises at all
times while amusement rides are available for use by the public.
The term does not include any public or private driveway, street,
sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking
area that is outside the enclosed area described in subsection
(1)(D) of the preceding sentence. Nor does it include any facility
or park on days that amusement rides are not available for use by
the public.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.