Amend SB 17 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
(c) In this section:
(1) "Entry" has the meaning assigned by Section 30.05(b).
(2) "License holder" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.035(f).
(3) "Written communication" means a sign posted in accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety under Subsection (c-1) [:
[(A)
a card or other document on which is written language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by holder of license to carry a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (concealed handgun law), may not enter this property with a concealed handgun"; or
[(B)
a sign posted on the property that:
[(i)
includes the language described by Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
[(ii)
appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height; and
[(iii)
is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public].
(c-1) The public safety director of the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules regarding the content, size, and other characteristics of signs to be posted on a building or other property where the property owner seeks to prohibit a license holder from carrying a handgun. The rules must require the sign to:
(1) contain a pictogram that shows, on a white background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle and a diagonal red line across the handgun;
(2) contain language that must include the following: "Section 30.06, Penal Code";
(3) be a readable and conspicuous size but not larger than 8.5 inches by 11 inches;
(4) be posted at each exterior entrance that is open to the public;
(5) be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public;
(6) not be obstructed or altered in any way; and
(7) be immediately replaced by the property owner if the sign becomes illegible.
(c-2) The Department of Public Safety shall make available on the department's Internet website a printable electronic copy of a sign that complies with the rules adopted under Subsection (c-1).
SECTION ____. (a) The public safety director of the Department of Public Safety shall adopt the rules prescribing the content, size, and other characteristics of the sign described by Section 30.06(c-1), Penal Code, as added by this Act, and, not later than December 1, 2015, make a printable electronic copy of the sign available on the department's Internet website as required by Section 30.06(c-2), Penal Code, as added by this Act.
(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 30.06, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2016. An offense committed before January 1, 2016, 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 subsection, an offense was committed before January 1, 2016, if any element of the offense occurred before that date.