Bill Text: TX SB253 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB253 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB253-Introduced.html
  88R3843 MZM-D
 
  By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 253
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting
  certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.05(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (c)  A person may provide notice that firearms are prohibited
  on the property by posting [a sign] at each entrance to the property
  [that]:
               (1)  a sign that:
                     (A)  includes, in both English and Spanish,
  language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
  following: "Pursuant to Section 30.05, Penal Code (criminal
  trespass), a person may not enter this property with a firearm";
                     (B)  [(2)  includes the language described by
  Subdivision (1) in both English and Spanish;
               [(3)]  appears in contrasting colors with block letters
  at least one inch in height; and
                     (C) [(4)]  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public; or
               (2)  a sign that:
                     (A)  includes, in both English and Spanish,
  language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
  following: "No firearms permitted on this property";
                     (B)  appears on a white background with black
  block letters at least one inch in height;
                     (C)  contains a pictogram that shows, on a white
  background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle of at
  least six inches in diameter and a diagonal red line across the
  handgun; and
                     (D)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly
  visible to the public.
         SECTION 2.  Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (3)  "Written communication" means:
                     (A)  a card or other document on which is written
  language identical to the following:  "Pursuant to Section 30.06,
  Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a
  person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code
  (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a
  concealed handgun"; [or]
                     (B)  a sign posted on the property that:
                           (i)  includes the language described by
  Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
                           (ii)  appears in contrasting colors with
  block letters at least one inch in height; and
                           (iii)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public; or
                     (C)  a sign posted on the property that:
                           (i)  includes, in both English and Spanish,
  language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
  following: "No concealed handguns permitted on this property";
                           (ii)  appears on a white background with
  black block letters at least one inch in height;
                           (iii)  contains a pictogram that shows, on a
  white background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle
  of at least six inches in diameter and a diagonal red line across
  the handgun; and
                           (iv)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public.
         SECTION 3.  Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (3)  "Written communication" means:
                     (A)  a card or other document on which is written
  language identical to the following:  "Pursuant to Section 30.07,
  Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried
  handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
  Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
  property with a handgun that is carried openly"; [or]
                     (B)  a sign posted on the property that:
                           (i)  includes the language described by
  Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
                           (ii)  appears in contrasting colors with
  block letters at least one inch in height; and
                           (iii)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property; or
                     (C)  a sign posted on the property that:
                           (i)  includes, in both English and Spanish,
  language that is identical to or substantially similar to the
  following: "No openly carried handguns permitted on this property";
                           (ii)  appears on a white background with
  black block letters at least one inch in height;
                           (iii)  contains a pictogram that shows, on a
  white background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle
  of at least six inches in diameter and a diagonal red line across
  the handgun; and
                           (iv)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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