78R7733 EMT-F
By: Ellis H.B. No. 284
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 284:
By: Keel C.S.H.B. No. 284
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of the offense of unlawfully carrying
a weapon to certain persons carrying a weapon in a recreational
vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) For the purpose of Subsection (b)(2), "premises"
includes a recreational vehicle that is being used by the person
carrying the handgun, illegal knife, or club as living quarters,
regardless of whether that use is temporary or permanent. In this
subsection, "recreational vehicle" means a motor vehicle primarily
designed as temporary living quarters or a vehicle that contains
temporary living quarters and is designed to be towed by a motor
vehicle. The term includes a travel trailer, camping trailer,
truck camper, motor home, and horse trailer with living quarters.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies only to an offense committed on or after that date. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.