78R3920 PEP-D
By: Hupp, Allen, Wilson, Driver, Keel, et al. H.B. No. 878
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of criminal trespass laws to persons
licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.05, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) It is an exception to the application of this section
that:
(1) the property or land on which the person entered
was owned or leased by a governmental entity and was not property or
land described by Section 46.03 or 46.035;
(2) the basis on which entry on the property or land
was forbidden is that entry with a handgun was forbidden; and
(3) the person was carrying a concealed handgun and a
license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to
carry a concealed handgun of the same category the person was
carrying.
SECTION 2. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) It is an exception to the application of this section
that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun is
owned or leased by a governmental entity and is not property
described by Section 46.03 or 46.035.
SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
offense committed on or after September 1, 2003. An offense
committed before September 1, 2003, 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 subsection, an
offense was committed before September 1, 2003, if any element of
the offense was committed before that date.