By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 815
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the offense of the unlawful carrying of a handgun by a
1-3 license holder on the premises of certain places of religious
1-4 worship.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 46.035(i), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 (i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), [(b)(6),] and (c) do not
1-9 apply if the actor was not given effective notice under Section
1-10 30.06.
1-11 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-12 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-13 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
1-14 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
1-15 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
1-16 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
1-17 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
1-18 before that date.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-20 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.