By Walker                                             H.B. No. 2927
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the definition of "traveling" in the exception to the
 1-3     offense of unlawful carry of a handgun.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 46.01 of the Texas Penal Code is hereby
 1-6     amended by adding a Subsection (17) to the end, to read as follows:
 1-7                 (17)  "Travel" or "traveling" means at least 30 miles
 1-8     one-way per trip, along with incidental stops necessary to the
 1-9     trip, or a trip made with intent to stay overnight at one's
1-10     destination.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-12     shall apply to all cases not finally adjudicated on or after the
1-13     date of passage of this Act, including cases on appeal.
1-14           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-15     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-16     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-17     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-18     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.