By Talton                                             H.B. No. 1657
         77R6437 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the possession of or the shooting of a handgun on the
 1-3     land of the Lower Colorado River Authority by a person licensed to
 1-4     carry a concealed handgun.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 62.082(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (d)  Section 62.081 does not apply to:
 1-9                 (1)  an employee of the Lower Colorado River Authority;
1-10                 (2)  [,] a person authorized to hunt under Subsection
1-11     (c);
1-12                 (3)  [, or] a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12,
1-13     Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1-14                 (4)  a person who:
1-15                       (A)  possesses a concealed handgun and a license
1-16     issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to carry a
1-17     concealed handgun of the same category as the handgun the person is
1-18     carrying; or
1-19                       (B)  shoots a handgun of the same category the
1-20     person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
1-21     Government Code, under circumstances in which the person would be
1-22     justified in the use of deadly force under Chapter 9, Penal Code.
1-23           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-24     applies only to an offense committed on or after that date.  An
 2-1     offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
 2-2     by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
 2-3     law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this
 2-4     section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
 2-5     Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.