By Zaffirini                                           S.B. No. 402
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the possession or carrying of weapons on certain
 1-3     premises associated with a school or educational institution;
 1-4     providing penalties.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 46.03(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (c)  In this section:
 1-9                 (1)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-10     46.035, except as provided by Subdivision (2).
1-11                 (2)  "Premises," for the purposes of Subsection (a)(1),
1-12     means a building, a portion of a building, or a public or private
1-13     driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, or parking lot, parking
1-14     garage, or other parking area.
1-15                 (3)  "Secured area" means an area of an airport
1-16     terminal building to which access is controlled by the inspection
1-17     of persons and property under federal law.
1-18           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-19     to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-20     An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
1-21     covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
1-22     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
1-23     purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
1-24     effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
 2-1     before that date.
 2-2           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.