Bill Text: TX HB854 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a handgun by a license holder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB854 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB854-Engrossed.html

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By: Burns H.B. No. 854

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a
handgun by a license holder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.035(g), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an [An]
offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense
under Subsection (b)(4), (b)(5), or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $200, except that the offense is
a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense
that, after entering the property, the license holder was
personally given notice by oral or written communication under
Section 30.06 or 30.07 that entry on the property was forbidden and
subsequently failed to depart. An [, unless the] offense [is
committed] under Subsection (b)(1) or (b)(3)[, in which event the
offense] is a felony of the third degree.
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 at the time 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.