85R4113 LHC-F
	By: Nevárez	H.B. No. 899

	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 certain 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 sign posted in
	accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the
	Department of Public Safety under Subsection (c-1) [:
	[(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 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].
	SECTION 2.  Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  The public safety director of the Department of Public
	Safety shall adopt rules regarding the content, size, and other
	characteristics of signs to be posted on a building or other
	property where the property owner seeks to prohibit a license
	holder from carrying a concealed handgun.  The rules must require
	the sign to:
	(1)  contain a pictogram that shows, on a white
	background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle and a
	diagonal red line across the handgun;
	(2)  contain language that includes the following:
	"Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a
	concealed handgun)";
	(3)  be a readable and conspicuous size but not larger
	than 8.5 inches by 11 inches;
	(4)  be posted at each exterior entrance that is open to
	the public;
	(5)  be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible
	to the public;
	(6)  not be obstructed or altered in any way; and
	(7)  be immediately replaced by the property owner if
	the sign becomes illegible.
	(c-2)  The Department of Public Safety shall make available
	on the department's Internet website a printable electronic copy of
	a sign that complies with the rules adopted under Subsection (c-1).
	SECTION 3.  Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(3)  "Written communication" means a sign posted in
	accordance with rules adopted by the public safety director of the
	Department of Public Safety under Subsection (c-1) [:
	[(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 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].
	SECTION 4.  Section 30.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  The public safety director of the Department of Public
	Safety shall adopt rules regarding the content, size, and other
	characteristics of signs to be posted on a building or other
	property where the property owner seeks to prohibit a license
	holder from openly carrying a handgun.  The rules must require the
	sign to:
	(1)  contain a pictogram that shows, on a white
	background, a handgun drawn in black ink within a red circle and a
	diagonal red line across the handgun;
	(2)  contain language that includes the following:
	"Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an
	openly carried handgun)";
	(3)  be a readable and conspicuous size but not larger
	than 8.5 inches by 11 inches;
	(4)  be posted at each exterior entrance that is open to
	the public;
	(5)  be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible
	to the public;
	(6)  not be obstructed or altered in any way; and
	(7)  be immediately replaced by the property owner if
	the sign becomes illegible.
	(c-2)  The Department of Public Safety shall make available
	on the department's Internet website a printable electronic copy of
	a sign that complies with the rules adopted under Subsection (c-1).
	SECTION 5.  The public safety director of the Department of
	Public Safety shall adopt the rules prescribing the content, size,
	and other characteristics of the sign described by Sections
	30.06(c-1) and 30.07(c-1), Penal Code, as added by this Act, and,
	not later than December 1, 2017, make a printable electronic copy of
	the sign available on the department's Internet website as required
	by Sections 30.06(c-2) and 30.07(c-2), Penal Code, as added by this
	Act.
	SECTION 6.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2018. An offense
	committed before January 1, 2018, 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 January 1, 2018, if any element of
	the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.