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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) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun; [and]
(2) is described by one or more of the following:
(A) is younger than 21 years of age at the time of the offense;
(B) has been convicted two times within the preceding 10-year period of an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, or any higher category of offense, that involves the use of alcohol or a controlled substance as a statutory element of the offense; or
(C) is not eligible for a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, because the person is not capable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun; and
(3) 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.