By Armbrister S.B. No. 819 77R7566 JMC-D 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. Section 30.06(a), Penal Code, is amended to read 1-5 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 2-1 before the effective date. 2-2 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 2-3 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 2-4 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-5 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.