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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection |
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with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 95A. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS IN CONNECTION WITH ALLOWING |
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CONCEALED HANDGUNS |
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Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "license |
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holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter |
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H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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Sec. 95A.002. IMMUNITY OF BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS CONCEALED |
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HANDGUNS. A person with control over the premises of a business who |
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allows entry on the premises by a license holder with a concealed |
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handgun is not liable based solely on that permission for damages |
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arising from the lawful carrying of a concealed handgun on the |
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premises. |
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Sec. 95A.003. ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. For purposes |
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of this chapter, the lack of an oral or written communication that |
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constitutes notice for purposes of Section 30.06, Penal Code, is |
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sufficient to constitute allowing entry on the premises by a |
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license holder with a concealed handgun. |
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SECTION 2. Section 95A.002, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that |
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accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action |
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that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that |
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date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |