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      By Greenberg                                    H.B. No. 2753

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the offense of possessing a firearm, illegal knife,

 1-3     club, prohibited weapon, or a concealed handgun in a movie theater.

 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, or concealed handgun [Listed in

1-10     Section 46.05(a) (, he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly

1-11     goes]:

1-12                 (1)  on the physical premises of a school or

1-13     educational institution, any grounds or building on which an

1-14     activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being

1-15     conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or

1-16     educational institution, whether the school or educational

1-17     institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written

1-18     regulations or written authorization of the institution;

1-19                 (2)  on the premises of a polling place on the day of

1-20     an election or while early voting is in progress;

1-21                 (3)  in any government court or offices utilized by the

1-22     court, unless pursuant to written regulations or written

1-23     authorization of the court;

1-24                 (4)  on the premises of a racetrack; [or]

 2-1                 (5)  in [into] a secured area of an airport; or

 2-2                 (6)  in a movie theater.

 2-3           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies

 2-4     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this

 2-5     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before

 2-6     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs

 2-7     before the effective date.

 2-8           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this

 2-9     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,

2-10     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

2-11           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-12           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.