Amend CSSB 1581 (Senate Committee Printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS accordingly:

ARTICLE __. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS BY LICENSE HOLDERS

SECTION __.01 Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(1) that at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was:

(1) carrying a concealed handgun that the person was licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and

(2) attending a school district board of trustees meeting in an official capacity as:

(A) a member of the board of trustees; or

(B) the superintendent of the school district governed by the board of trustees.

SECTION __.02. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:

(l) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was attending a school district board of trustees meeting in an official capacity as:

(1) a member of the board of trustees; or

(2) the superintendent of the school district governed by the board of trustees.

SECTION __.03. Sections 46.03(j) and 46.035(l), Penal Code, as added by this Act, apply 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 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.