85R1101 LED-D     By: Rinaldi H.B. No. 497       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the liability of a business that allows handguns to be   carried on the business's premises.          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 BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS HANDGUNS          Sec. 95A.001.  LIMITED LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS   HANDGUNS. The owner or operator of a business on the premises of   which the carrying of a handgun is not otherwise unlawful is immune   from civil liability with respect to any claim that is based on the   owner's or operator's failure to exercise the option to forbid the   carrying of handguns on the premises by customers or employees.          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.