By:  Armbrister, Bernsen                               S.B. No. 819
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to regulation of the carrying of a handgun.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 30.06, Penal Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  A license holder commits an offense if the license
 1-7     holder:
 1-8                 (1)  carries a handgun under the authority of
 1-9     Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on property, other than
1-10     government property, of another without effective consent; and
1-11                 (2)  received notice that:
1-12                       (A)  entry on the property by a license holder
1-13     with a concealed handgun was forbidden; or
1-14                       (B)  remaining on the property with a concealed
1-15     handgun was forbidden and failed to depart.
1-16           SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
1-17     amended by adding Section 411.209 to read as follows:
1-18           Sec. 411.209.  EXCLUSIVE REGULATORY AUTHORITY.  Except as
1-19     otherwise provided by federal law, the legislature has the
1-20     exclusive authority to regulate the carrying of a handgun.
1-21           SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-22     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-23     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-24     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-25     before the effective date.
 2-1           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
 2-2     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
 2-3     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 2-4           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.