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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in a motor |
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vehicle. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 46.035(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A license holder commits an offense if the license |
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holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person |
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under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, |
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and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another |
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person in a public place. It is an exception to the application of |
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this subsection that the handgun was partially or wholly visible |
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but was: |
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(1) carried in a shoulder or belt holster by the |
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license holder; or |
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(2) in a holster, and the handgun and the license |
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holder were in a motor vehicle. |
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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 January 1, 2022. An offense |
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committed before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect |
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on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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an offense was committed before January 1, 2022, if any element of |
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the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |