Bill Text: TX HB573 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 573 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of possessing or carrying a firearm on the premises of a polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB573 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB573-Introduced.html

	84R3509 ADM-D

	By: White of Tyler	H.B. No. 573



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of possessing
	or carrying a firearm on the premises of a polling place.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (j) to read as
	follows:
	(f) Except as provided by Subsection (j), it [It] is not a
	defense to prosecution under this section that the actor possessed
	a handgun and was licensed to carry a concealed handgun under
	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
	(j) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(2)
	that the actor, while serving as an election judge or clerk at the
	polling place, possessed a concealed handgun that the actor was
	licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
	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, 2015.