1-1     By:  Haggerty (Senate Sponsor - Staples)              H.B. No. 1925
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
 1-4     Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain weapons
 1-9     within 1,000 feet of a place of execution.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, as amended by
1-12     Chapters 1043 and 1221, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular
1-13     Session, 1997, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
1-14           (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
1-15     knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, illegal
1-16     knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in Section 46.05(a):
1-17                 (1)  on the physical premises of a school or
1-18     educational institution, any grounds or building on which an
1-19     activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being
1-20     conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
1-21     educational institution, whether the school or educational
1-22     institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written
1-23     regulations or written authorization of the institution;
1-24                 (2)  on the premises of a polling place on the day of
1-25     an election or while early voting is in progress;
1-26                 (3)  in any government court or offices utilized by the
1-27     court, unless pursuant to written regulations or written
1-28     authorization of the court;
1-29                 (4)  on the premises of a racetrack; [or]
1-30                 (5)  in or into a secured area of an airport; or
1-31                 (6)  within 1,000 feet of premises the location of
1-32     which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as
1-33     a place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal
1-34     Procedure, on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed
1-35     on the designated premises and the person received notice that:
1-36                       (A)  going within 1,000 feet of the premises with
1-37     a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or
1-38                       (B)  possessing a weapon listed under this
1-39     subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited.
1-40           SECTION 2. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
1-41     Subsection (i) to read as follows:
1-42           (i)  It is an exception to the application of Subsection
1-43     (a)(6) that the actor possessed a firearm:
1-44                 (1)  while in a vehicle being driven on a public road;
1-45     or
1-46                 (2)  at the actor's residence or place of employment.
1-47           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-48     applies only to an offense committed on or after that date.  An
1-49     offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
1-50     by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
1-51     law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this
1-52     section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
1-53     Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
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