85R4343 AJZ-F
 
  By: Burns H.B. No. 1209
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a
  handgun by a license holder.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.035(g), Penal Code, as amended by
  Chapters 437 (H.B. 910) and 438 (S.B. 11), Acts of the 84th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an [An]
  offense under this section [(a-1), (a-2), (a-3),] is a Class A
  misdemeanor.  An offense under Subsection (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6),
  or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
  $200, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is
  shown on the trial of the offense that, after entering the property,
  the license holder was personally given notice by oral
  communication under Section 30.06 or 30.07 that entry on the
  property was forbidden and subsequently failed to depart.  An [,
  unless the] offense [is committed] under Subsection (b)(1) or
  (b)(3) [, in which event the offense] is a felony of the third
  degree.
         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.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.