&nbsp; <font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Legislative Session</b>: 80(R)</font><br><br>

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  <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b>House Author:</b>&nbsp; Isett,
  Carl et al.</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b>Effective:</b>&nbsp; 9-1-07</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b>Senate Sponsor:</b>&nbsp;
  Hinojosa</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; House Bill 1815 amends the Penal Code to modify
the conduct that constitutes the offense of unlawful carrying of a weapon to
exclude a person carrying a handgun, illegal knife, or club on the person's own
premises or premises under the person's control or inside of or directly en route
to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control. &nbsp;&nbsp;The
bill makes it an offense to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carry a
handgun in a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's
control if the handgun is in plain view or the person is engaged in certain
criminal activity, is prohibited from possessing a firearm, or is a member of a
criminal street gang. &nbsp;The bill deletes provisions that made the prohibitions
under the offense of unlawful carrying of a weapon inapplicable to certain
persons, including a person on the person's own premises or on premises under
the person's control.&nbsp; </span></p>

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