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Amend HB 1927 (senate committee report) in SECTION 22 of the bill, by striking amended Section 46.02(a), Penal Code (page 7, lines 41 through 51), and substituting the following:
(a) A person commits an offense if [the person]:
(1) the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun; [and]
(2) the person is not:
(A) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or
(B) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's control; and
(3) at the time of the offense the person:
(A) is younger than 21 years of age;
(B) is charged with a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, an offense under Section 42.01 or equivalent offense, or a felony under an information or indictment;
(C) is a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense; or
(D) has, in the five years preceding the offense, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense or been convicted of an offense under Section 42.01.