| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a |
|
|
handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
(3) "Written communication" means: |
|
|
(A) a card or other document on which is written |
|
|
language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06, |
|
|
Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a |
|
|
person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code |
|
|
(handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a |
|
|
concealed handgun"; [or] |
|
|
(B) a card or other document on which is: |
|
|
(i) written language identical to the |
|
|
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code, Concealed Carry |
|
|
of Handguns Prohibited"; and |
|
|
(ii) a pictogram that shows a handgun |
|
|
within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; |
|
|
(C) a sign posted on the property that: |
|
|
(i) includes the language described by |
|
|
Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish; |
|
|
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with |
|
|
block letters at least one inch in height; and |
|
|
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner |
|
|
clearly visible to the public; or |
|
|
(D) a sign posted on the property that: |
|
|
(i) includes: |
|
|
(a) the language described by |
|
|
Paragraph (B)(i) in both English and Spanish; and |
|
|
(b) the pictogram described by |
|
|
Paragraph (B)(ii); |
|
|
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with |
|
|
block letters at least one inch in height; and |
|
|
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner |
|
|
clearly visible to the public. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
(3) "Written communication" means: |
|
|
(A) a card or other document on which is written |
|
|
language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07, |
|
|
Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried |
|
|
handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, |
|
|
Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this |
|
|
property with a handgun that is carried openly"; [or] |
|
|
(B) a card or other document on which is: |
|
|
(i) written language identical to the |
|
|
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code, Open Carry of |
|
|
Handguns Prohibited"; and |
|
|
(ii) a pictogram that shows a handgun |
|
|
within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; |
|
|
(C) a sign posted on the property that: |
|
|
(i) includes the language described by |
|
|
Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish; |
|
|
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with |
|
|
block letters at least one inch in height; and |
|
|
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner |
|
|
clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property; or |
|
|
(D) a sign posted on the property that: |
|
|
(i) includes: |
|
|
(a) the language described by |
|
|
Paragraph (B)(i) in both English and Spanish; and |
|
|
(b) the pictogram described by |
|
|
Paragraph (B)(ii); |
|
|
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with |
|
|
block letters at least one inch in height; and |
|
|
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner |
|
|
clearly visible to the public. |
|
|
SECTION 3. 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 on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |