By Allen H.B. No. 2325
75R7757 GWK-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the offense of possessing a firearm, illegal knife,
1-3 club, or prohibited weapon in a place where weapons are prohibited.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
1-8 knowingly, or recklessly possesses [, with] a firearm, illegal
1-9 knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in Section 46.05(a)[, he
1-10 intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly goes]:
1-11 (1) on the physical premises of a school or
1-12 educational institution, any grounds or building on which an
1-13 activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being
1-14 conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
1-15 educational institution, whether the school or educational
1-16 institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written
1-17 regulations or written authorization of the institution;
1-18 (2) on the premises of a polling place on the day of
1-19 an election or while early voting is in progress;
1-20 (3) in any government court or offices utilized by the
1-21 court, unless pursuant to written regulations or written
1-22 authorization of the court;
1-23 (4) on the premises of a racetrack; or
1-24 (5) in [into] a secured area of an airport.
2-1 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-2 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
2-3 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-4 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-5 before the effective date.
2-6 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-7 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-8 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-10 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.