Amend CSHB 1927 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Sections 62.082(d) and (e), Parks and Wildlife Code, are amended to read as follows:

(d)  Section 62.081 does not apply to:

(1)  an employee of the Lower Colorado River Authority;

(2)  a person authorized to hunt under Subsection (c);

(3)  a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(4)  a person who:

(A)  is carrying [possesses] a handgun [and a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to carry a handgun]; or

(B)  under circumstances in which the person would be justified in the use of deadly force under Chapter 9, Penal Code, shoots a handgun [the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code].

(e)  A state agency, including the department, the Department of Public Safety, and the Lower Colorado River Authority, may not adopt a rule that prohibits a person who is not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm [possesses a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,] from entering or crossing the land of the Lower Colorado River Authority while:

(1)  carrying [possessing] a handgun; or

(2)  under circumstances in which the person would be justified in the use of deadly force under Chapter 9, Penal Code, shooting a handgun.