85R21909 LED-D     By: Springer, Wray, et al. H.B. No. 606     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 606:     By:  Schofield C.S.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, leased, 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. There is no cause of action against an owner,   lessee, or manager of property based on the owner's, lessee's, or   manager's decision not 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.          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.