By: West S.B. No. 2054
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of
  an airport.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.03(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (3)  "Secured area" means an area of an airport
  [terminal building] to which access is controlled by the inspection
  of persons and property under federal law.
         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, 2017.