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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of possessing |
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or carrying a firearm on the premises of a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (j) to read as |
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follows: |
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(f) Except as provided by Subsection (j), it [It] is not a |
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defense to prosecution under this section that the actor possessed |
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a handgun and was licensed to carry a concealed handgun under |
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Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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(j) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(2) |
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that the actor, while serving as an election judge or clerk at the |
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polling place, possessed a concealed handgun that the actor was |
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licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |