Bill Text: TX HB121 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 29-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB121 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB121-Introduced.html
  86R1691 AJZ-D
 
  By: Swanson H.B. No. 121
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by
  certain persons carrying handguns.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  the license holder was personally given notice by oral
  communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed
  from the property.
         SECTION 2.  Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  the license holder was personally given notice by oral
  communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed
  from the property.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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