Bill Text: TX HB805 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a license holder to carry a concealed handgun on certain premises.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Left pending in committee [HB805 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB805-Introduced.html
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By: Keough | H.B. No. 805 |
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relating to authorizing a license holder to carry a concealed | ||
handgun on certain premises. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.06(e), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(e) It is an exception to the application of this section | ||
that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun: | ||
(1) is owned or leased by a governmental entity or any | ||
other entity that receives public money; and | ||
(2) is not a premises or other place on which the | ||
license holder is prohibited from carrying the handgun under | ||
Section 46.03 or 46.035. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(f) It is not a defense to prosecution under Subsection | ||
(a)(2), (5), or (6) [ |
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handgun and was licensed to carry a concealed handgun under | ||
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. | ||
(f-1) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection | ||
(a)(1), (3), or (4) that: | ||
(1) the actor possessed a handgun and was licensed to | ||
carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, | ||
Government Code; and | ||
(2) the premises or other place on which the handgun | ||
was possessed is owned or leased by a governmental entity or any | ||
other entity that receives public money. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (l) to read as follows: | ||
(l) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(2), | ||
(4), (5), or (6) that the premises or other place on which the | ||
handgun was possessed is owned or leased by a governmental entity or | ||
any other entity that receives public money. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 52.062(b), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Section 52.061 does not affect any right under state law | ||
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employee who holds a license to carry a concealed handgun under | ||
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or who otherwise | ||
lawfully possesses a firearm, from possessing a firearm the | ||
employee is otherwise authorized by law to possess on the premises | ||
of the employer's business. In this subsection, "premises" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 46.035(f)(3), Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 411.203, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.203. RIGHTS OF EMPLOYERS. This subchapter does | ||
not prevent or otherwise limit any [ |
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public or private employer to prohibit persons who are licensed | ||
under this subchapter from carrying a concealed handgun on the | ||
premises of the business. In this section, "premises" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 46.035(f)(3), Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |