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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the liability of certain property owners who allow |
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handguns to be carried on certain property. |
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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. GUN-FREE ZONE REDUCTION ACT |
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Sec. 95A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "License holder" means a person licensed under |
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Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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(2) "Non-prohibited property" means property on which |
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the carrying of a handgun by a license holder is not prohibited |
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pursuant to Sections 46.03 or 46.035, Penal Code. |
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Sec. 95A.002. NO CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ALLOWING HANDGUNS ON |
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CERTAIN PROPERTY. There shall be no cause of action against an |
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owner or lessee of non-prohibited property based on the owner's or |
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lessee's decision not to forbid the carrying of handguns on the |
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non-prohibited property by giving notice pursuant to Sections 30.06 |
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or 30.07, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as |
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added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that accrued |
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before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that |
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accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |