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House Bill 25 |
House Author: Guillen et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Patrick, Dan |
Under current law, a person commits the offense of unlawful carrying of a weapon by carrying a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not on certain premises or inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle owned by or under the control of the person, or by carrying a handgun in such a motor vehicle under certain circumstances. House Bill 25 amends the Penal Code to expand the scope of the offense to include carrying the weapon under those conditions with respect to a watercraft and to exempt from the application of the offense a person who is en route between the premises of lawful hunting, fishing, or other sporting activities and the actor's watercraft, if the weapon is a type commonly used in the activity.