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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 property owner who allows handguns to |
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be carried on the owner's 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. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO |
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ALLOW HANDGUNS |
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Sec. 95A.001. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS |
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WHO ALLOW HANDGUNS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an |
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owner of property on which the carrying of a handgun is not |
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otherwise unlawful is immune from civil liability with respect to |
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any claim that is based on the property owner's failure to exercise |
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the option to forbid the carrying of handguns on the property. |
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(b) This section does not limit the liability of a property |
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owner for any damage or injury that arises from a wilful or wanton |
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act or gross negligence by the owner. |
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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. |