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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the intentional display of a handgun by a person |
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licensed to carry a concealed handgun. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (h), Section 46.035, Penal |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A license holder commits an offense if the license |
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holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person |
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under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, |
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and intentionally displays [fails to conceal] the handgun in plain |
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view of another person in a public place. |
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(h) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) that |
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the actor, at the time of the commission of the offense, displayed |
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the handgun under circumstances in which the actor would have been |
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justified in the use of force or deadly force under Chapter 9. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |