By Danburg                                            H.B. No. 1199
         76R2359 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain firearm
 1-3     sales at gun shows.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 46.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subdivision (17) to read as follows:
 1-7                 (17)  "Gun  show" means a place or an event, other than
 1-8     a permanent retail store, at which:
 1-9                       (A)  three or more individuals assemble to
1-10     display firearms or firearm components to the public; and
1-11                       (B)  a fee is charged for the privilege of
1-12     displaying  the firearms or firearm components or a fee is charged
1-13     for admission to the area where the firearms or components are
1-14     displayed.
1-15           SECTION 2.  Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding
1-16     Section 46.065 to read as follows:
1-17           Sec. 46.065.  CERTAIN FIREARM SALES AT GUN SHOW PROHIBITED.
1-18     (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly sells a
1-19     firearm in exchange for money or other consideration at a gun show
1-20     to another person who is not licensed to carry a concealed handgun
1-21     under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
1-22           (b)  It is an exception to the application of this section
1-23     that the person complies with the national instant criminal
1-24     background check system in the manner required by 18 U.S.C. Section
 2-1     922, as amended, before completing the sale.
 2-2           (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
 2-3     degree.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.