By Krusee H.B. No. 932
74R3058 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of a member of the state military to
1-3 possess certain weapons while in the discharge of official duties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.03(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (d) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(5)
1-8 that the actor possessed a firearm or club while traveling to or
1-9 from the actor's place of assignment or in the actual discharge of
1-10 duties as:
1-11 (1) a peace officer;
1-12 (2) a member of the armed forces or a member of the
1-13 state military forces, as defined by Section 431.001, Government
1-14 Code <national guard>;
1-15 (3) a guard employed by a penal institution; or
1-16 (4) a security officer commissioned by the Texas Board
1-17 of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies if:
1-18 (A) the actor is wearing a distinctive uniform;
1-19 and
1-20 (B) the firearm or club is in plain view.
1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.