By Lindsay S.B. No. 826
76R4290 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the carrying of a handgun onto the premises of a
1-3 church, synagogue, or other established place of worship by a
1-4 concealed handgun license holder.
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. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-12 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-13 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-14 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-15 before the effective date.
1-16 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-17 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-18 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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.