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Amend SB 17 (committee printing version) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 45 of the bill, in amended Section 46.02(a-1), Penal Code (page 13, line 32), between "," and "and", insert "the person is located in a municipality that has not adopted an ordinance under Section 411.211(a), Government Code, or is located outside of a municipality and in a county that has not adopted an order or resolution under Section 411.211(b), Government Code".
(2) In SECTION 47 of the bill, in amended Section 46.035(a), Penal Code (page 13, line 56), between "holder" and ".", insert "and the license holder is located in a municipality that has not adopted an ordinance under Section 411.211(a), Government Code, or is located outside of a municipality and in a county that has not adopted an order or resolution under Section 411.211(b), Government Code".
(3) In SECTION 48 of the bill, in amended Section 46.15(b), Penal Code (page 15, line 49), between "holster" and ";", insert "if the person is located in a municipality that has not adopted an ordinance under Section 411.211(a), Government Code, or is located outside of a municipality and in a county that has not adopted an order or resolution under Section 411.211(b), Government Code".
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.211 as follows:
Sec. 411.211. OPEN CARRY LOCAL OPTION. Notwithstanding any other law, a license holder under this subchapter may carry a handgun in public in plain view only in:
(a) a municipality that has not adopted an ordinance prohibiting the open carrying of a handgun within the municipality; or
(b) a county that has not adopted an order or resolution prohibiting the open carrying of a handgun within the county.