Bill Text: TX HB3559 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of the carrying of a handgun by a concealed handgun license holder at certain meetings of a governmental entity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - No action taken in committee [HB3559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3559-Introduced.html
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By: Fallon | H.B. No. 3559 |
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relating to the offense of the carrying of a handgun by a concealed | ||
handgun license holder at certain meetings of a governmental | ||
entity. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.035(c), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) A license holder commits an offense if the license | ||
holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun | ||
under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, | ||
regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, at any meeting of a | ||
governmental entity, unless pursuant to written regulations or | ||
written authorization of the entity. | ||
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. |