TITLE: Relating to limiting the locations in which a license holder may openly carry a handgun; restricting an exception to a criminal offense.

SUMMARY: Relating to limiting the locations in which a license holder may openly carry a handgun; restricting an exception to a criminal offense.

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AN ACT relating to limiting the locations in which a license holder may openly carry a handgun; restricting an exception to a criminal offense. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: (m) The exception provided by Subsection (a) is not available to a license holder who is carrying the handgun in a shoulder or belt holster in a municipality with a population of more than 1.2 million but less than 1.4 million. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.