81R3150 SJM-F
 
  By: Hegar S.B. No. 729
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of
  unlawful carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the premises
  of certain businesses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (k) to read as follows:
         (k)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(1)
  that the actor was not given effective notice under Section
  411.204, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect at the time 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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.