By Lindsay                                             S.B. No. 826
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                                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.