By: Swanson, et al. H.B. No. 121
        (Senate Sponsor - Creighton, Hall)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
  April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by
  certain persons carrying handguns.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  the license holder was personally given notice by oral
  communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed
  from the property.
         SECTION 2.  Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  the license holder was personally given notice by oral
  communication described by Subsection (b) and promptly departed
  from the property.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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