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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the liability of a person who allows handguns to be |
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carried on property owned, controlled, or managed by the person. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 95A. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ALLOW |
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HANDGUNS |
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Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "license |
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holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter |
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H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or a person with a license to carry |
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a handgun issued by another state and recognized in this state. |
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Sec. 95A.002. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO |
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ALLOW HANDGUNS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a |
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person, including a business or other entity, who owns, controls, |
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or manages property and who has authority to forbid the carrying of |
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handguns on the property is immune from civil liability with |
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respect to any claim that is based on the person's failure to |
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exercise the option to forbid the carrying of handguns by a license |
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holder on the property by providing notice under Sections 30.06 and |
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30.07, Penal Code. |
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(b) This section does not limit the liability of a person |
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for an injury caused by the person's gross negligence. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, |
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as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that |
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accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action |
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that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that |
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date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |