84R11884 MEW-D
 
  By: Fallon H.B. No. 3559
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of the carrying of a handgun by a concealed
  handgun license holder at certain meetings of a governmental
  entity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.035(c), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A license holder commits an offense if the license
  holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun
  under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
  regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, at any meeting of a
  governmental entity, unless pursuant to written regulations or
  written authorization of the entity.
         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, 2015.