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Amend CSHB 910 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding Section 46.16 to read as follows:
Sec. 46.16. APPLICABILITY OF HANDGUN LAWS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is 21 years of age or older and who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. Section 922 is entitled to carry a handgun in any location in which a person who holds a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is authorized to carry a handgun, provided that the person carries the handgun in a concealed manner or openly in a shoulder or belt holster.
(b) A person who carries a handgun under the authority of Subsection (a) commits an offense if the person carries the handgun in a place or in a manner that is prohibited under Section 46.035 for a license holder.
(c) The punishment for an offense under Subsection (b) is the same as provided for an offense committed by a license holder under Section 46.035(g).
(d) Any defense to prosecution for or exception to the application of an offense under Section 46.035 is available to a person who commits an offense under Subsection (b).