83R6449 AJZ-D
 
  By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 2147
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain county
  officers and employees in a courthouse.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(3)
  that the actor:
               (1)  possessed or carried a concealed handgun that the
  person was licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
  Government Code; and
               (2)  was a county officer or county employee.
         (c)  In this section:
               (1)  "County officer" means a county judge, county
  commissioner, county attorney, sheriff, county tax
  assessor-collector, county clerk, district clerk, county
  treasurer, county auditor, county purchasing agent, and constable.
               (2)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section
  46.035.
               (3) [(2)]  "Secured area" means an area of an airport
  terminal building to which access is controlled by the inspection
  of persons and property under federal law.
         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 on the date 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, 2013.