85R1763 LED-D     By: Springer H.B. No. 606       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the liability of a person who allows handguns to be   carried on property owned, controlled, or managed by the person.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 95A to read as follows:   CHAPTER 95A. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ALLOW   HANDGUNS          Sec. 95A.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "license   holder" means a person licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter   H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or a person with a license to carry   a handgun issued by another state and recognized in this state.          Sec. 95A.002.  LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS WHO   ALLOW HANDGUNS. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a   person, including a business or other entity, who owns, controls,   or manages property and who has authority to forbid the carrying of   handguns on the property is immune from civil liability with   respect to any claim that is based on the person's failure to   exercise the option to forbid the carrying of handguns by a license   holder on the property by providing notice under Sections 30.06 and   30.07, Penal Code.          (b)  This section does not limit the liability of a person   for an injury caused by the person's gross negligence.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 95A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,   as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that   accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action   that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that   date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.