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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the locations where a person may openly carry a |
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holstered handgun. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 46.035(f)(1), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 46.035(f)(1) "Amusement Park" means an [permanent] |
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indoor or outdoor facility or park where amusement rides are |
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available for use by the public that is; |
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(A) located in a county with a population of more |
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than one million[,]; |
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(B) encompasses at least 75 acres in surface |
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area[,]; |
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(C) makes amusement rides available for use by |
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the public for at least 21 consecutive days each calendar year, |
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(D) is enclosed with access only through |
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controlled entries while the amusement rides are available for use |
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by the public [, is
open for operation more than 120 days in
each
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calendar year,] and; |
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(E) has security guards on the premises at all |
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times while amusement rides are available for use by the public. |
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The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, |
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sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking |
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area that is outside the enclosed area described in subsection |
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(1)(D) of the preceding sentence. Nor does it include any facility |
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or park on days that amusement rides are not available for use by |
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the public. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |