84R306 JSC-D
 
  By: Huberty H.B. No. 198
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons
  attending a school board meeting.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(1)
  that at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was:
               (1)  carrying a concealed handgun that the person was
  licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
  and
               (2)  attending a school board meeting in an official
  capacity as:
                     (A)  a member of the school board; or
                     (B)  the superintendent of the school governed by
  the school board.
         SECTION 2.  Section 46.035, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (l) to read as follows:
         (l)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that
  at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was attending
  a school board meeting in an official capacity as:
               (1)  a member of the school board; or
               (2)  the superintendent of the school governed by the
  school board.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.