TITLE: Relating to prohibiting certain weapons on the premises of a local juvenile probation department office; providing a penalty.

SUMMARY: Relating to prohibiting certain weapons on the premises of a local juvenile probation department office; providing a penalty.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to prohibiting certain weapons on the premises of a local juvenile probation department office; providing a penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 46.03(a) and (b), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, illegal knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in Section 46.05(a): (1) on the physical premises of a school or educational institution, any grounds or building on which an activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or educational institution, whether the school or educational institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the institution; (2) on the premises of a polling place on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress; (3) on the premises of any government court or offices utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the court; (4) on the premises of a racetrack; (5) in or into a secured area of an airport; [or] (6) within 1,000 feet of premises the location of which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the designated premises and the person received notice that: (A) going within 1,000 feet of the premises with a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or (B) possessing a weapon listed under this subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited;or (7) on the premises of a local juvenile probation department office.(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsections (a)(1)-(4) and (7) that the actor possessed a firearm while in the actual discharge of [his] official duties as a member of the armed forces or national guard,[or] a guard employed by a penal institution, or an officer of the court. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.