By: Burns	H.B. No. 854

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawfully carrying a
	handgun by a license holder.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.035(g), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(g)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an [An]
	offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense
	under Subsection (b)(4), (b)(5), or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor
	punishable by a fine not to exceed $200, except that the offense is
	a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense
	that, after entering the property, the license holder was
	personally given notice by oral or written communication under
	Section 30.06 or 30.07 that entry on the property was forbidden and
	subsequently failed to depart.  An [, unless the] offense [is
	committed] under Subsection (b)(1) or (b)(3)[, in which event the
	offense] is a felony of the third degree.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.