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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to imposing civil and criminal penalties for prohibiting |
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or otherwise restricting a peace officer or special investigator |
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from carrying a weapon on certain premises open to the public; |
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creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.1305, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) An establishment serving the public that violates this |
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article is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for |
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each violation. The attorney general may sue to collect a civil |
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penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this |
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subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of |
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the general revenue fund. |
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(d) An establishment serving the public or other person who |
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is an employee or agent of that establishment commits an offense if |
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the person violates this article. An offense under this subsection |
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is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |