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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the carrying of knives. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 46.01(6), Penal Code, is amended to read | 
      
        |  | as follows: | 
      
        |  | (6)  [ "Illegal knife"] "Location-restricted knife" | 
      
        |  | means a: | 
      
        |  | (A)  knife with a blade over five and one-half | 
      
        |  | inches; | 
      
        |  | (B)  hand instrument designed to cut or stab | 
      
        |  | another by being thrown; | 
      
        |  | (C)  dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, | 
      
        |  | stiletto, and poniard; | 
      
        |  | (D)  bowie knife; | 
      
        |  | (E)  sword; or | 
      
        |  | (F)  spear. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Section 46.02, Penal Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-4) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, | 
      
        |  | knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a | 
      
        |  | handgun[ , illegal knife,] or club if the person is not: | 
      
        |  | (1)  on the person's own premises or premises under the | 
      
        |  | person's control; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle | 
      
        |  | or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's | 
      
        |  | control. | 
      
        |  | (a-4)  A person younger than 18 years commits an offense if | 
      
        |  | the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or | 
      
        |  | about his or her person a location-restricted knife if the person is | 
      
        |  | not: | 
      
        |  | (1)  on the person's own premises or premises under the | 
      
        |  | person's control; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle | 
      
        |  | or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's | 
      
        |  | control. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | 
      
        |  | as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, | 
      
        |  | knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm, | 
      
        |  | [ illegal] location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon | 
      
        |  | listed in Section 46.05(a): | 
      
        |  | (1)  on the physical premises of a school or | 
      
        |  | educational institution, any grounds or building on which an | 
      
        |  | activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being | 
      
        |  | conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or | 
      
        |  | educational institution, whether the school or educational | 
      
        |  | institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written | 
      
        |  | regulations or written authorization of the institution; | 
      
        |  | (2)  on the premises of a polling place on the day of an | 
      
        |  | election or while early voting is in progress; | 
      
        |  | (3)  on the premises of any government court or offices | 
      
        |  | utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or | 
      
        |  | written authorization of the court; | 
      
        |  | (4)  on the premises of a racetrack; | 
      
        |  | (5)  in or into a secured area of an airport;  or | 
      
        |  | (6)  within 1,000 feet of premises the location of | 
      
        |  | which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a | 
      
        |  | place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the | 
      
        |  | designated premises and the person received notice that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  going within 1,000 feet of the premises with | 
      
        |  | a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  possessing a weapon listed under this | 
      
        |  | subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.  Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (g)  Except as provided by subsection (g-1), an [ An] offense | 
      
        |  | under this section is a third degree felony. | 
      
        |  | (g-1)  If the weapon that is the subject of the offense is a | 
      
        |  | location-restricted knife, an offense under this section is a Class | 
      
        |  | C misdemeanor, unless the offense occurred on the physical premises | 
      
        |  | of a public or private primary or secondary school, any grounds or | 
      
        |  | building on which an activity sponsored by a public or private | 
      
        |  | primary or secondary school is being conducted, or a passenger | 
      
        |  | transportation vehicle of a public or private primary or secondary | 
      
        |  | school, in which event the offense is a third degree felony. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 5.  Section 46.06(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | 
      
        |  | as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if the person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to | 
      
        |  | any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be | 
      
        |  | delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an | 
      
        |  | unlawful act; | 
      
        |  | (2)  intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases, | 
      
        |  | or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child | 
      
        |  | younger than 18 years any firearm, club, or [ illegal] | 
      
        |  | location-restricted knife; | 
      
        |  | (3)  intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a | 
      
        |  | firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is | 
      
        |  | intoxicated; | 
      
        |  | (4)  knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a | 
      
        |  | firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the | 
      
        |  | fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the person's release from confinement | 
      
        |  | following conviction of the felony; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  the person's release from supervision under | 
      
        |  | community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following | 
      
        |  | conviction of the felony; | 
      
        |  | (5)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to | 
      
        |  | any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to | 
      
        |  | the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered; or | 
      
        |  | (6)  knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as | 
      
        |  | a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective | 
      
        |  | order is directed to the actor. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.  Section 46.15(e), Penal Code, is repealed. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 7.  Section 37.007(a), Education Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (k), a student shall be | 
      
        |  | expelled from a school if the student, on school property or while | 
      
        |  | attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off | 
      
        |  | of school property: | 
      
        |  | (1)  uses, exhibits, or possesses: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a firearm as defined by Section 46.01(3), | 
      
        |  | Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (B)  [ an illegal] a location-restricted knife as | 
      
        |  | defined by Section 46.01(6), Penal Code, or by local policy; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a club as defined by Section 46.01(1), Penal | 
      
        |  | Code; or | 
      
        |  | (D)  a weapon listed as a prohibited weapon under | 
      
        |  | Section 46.05, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (2)  engages in conduct that contains the elements of | 
      
        |  | the offense of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  aggravated assault under Section 22.02, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, or | 
      
        |  | aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (B)  arson under Section 28.02, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (C)  murder under Section 19.02, Penal Code, | 
      
        |  | capital murder under Section 19.03, Penal Code, or criminal | 
      
        |  | attempt, under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit murder or | 
      
        |  | capital murder; | 
      
        |  | (D)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (E)  aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (F)  aggravated robbery under Section 29.03, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (G)  manslaughter under Section 19.04, Penal | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (H)  criminally negligent homicide under Section | 
      
        |  | 19.05, Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (I)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or | 
      
        |  | children under Section 21.02, Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  engages in conduct specified by Section | 
      
        |  | 37.006(a)(2)(C) or (D), if the conduct is punishable as a felony. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 8.  Section 52.031(a), Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A juvenile board may establish a first offender program | 
      
        |  | under this section for the referral and disposition of children | 
      
        |  | taken into custody, or accused prior to the filing of a criminal | 
      
        |  | charge, of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  conduct indicating a need for supervision; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a Class C misdemeanor, other than a traffic | 
      
        |  | offense; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  delinquent conduct other than conduct that | 
      
        |  | constitutes: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a felony of the first, second, or third | 
      
        |  | degree, an aggravated controlled substance felony, or a capital | 
      
        |  | felony; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  a state jail felony or misdemeanor involving | 
      
        |  | violence to a person or the use or possession of a firearm, | 
      
        |  | [ illegal] location-restricted knife, or club, as those terms are | 
      
        |  | defined by Section 46.01, Penal Code, or a prohibited weapon, as | 
      
        |  | described by Section 46.05, Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 9.  Section 53.01(d), Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  Unless the juvenile board approves a written procedure | 
      
        |  | proposed by the office of prosecuting attorney and chief juvenile | 
      
        |  | probation officer which provides otherwise, if it is determined | 
      
        |  | that the person is a child and, regardless of a finding of probable | 
      
        |  | cause, or a lack thereof, there is an allegation that the child | 
      
        |  | engaged in delinquent conduct of the grade of felony, or conduct | 
      
        |  | constituting a misdemeanor offense involving violence to a person | 
      
        |  | or the use or possession of a firearm, [ illegal] | 
      
        |  | location-restricted knife, or club, as those terms are defined by | 
      
        |  | Section 46.01, Penal Code, or prohibited weapon, as described by | 
      
        |  | Section 46.05, Penal Code, the case shall be promptly forwarded to | 
      
        |  | the office of the prosecuting attorney, accompanied by: | 
      
        |  | (1)  all documents that accompanied the current | 
      
        |  | referral; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  a summary of all prior referrals of the child to | 
      
        |  | the juvenile court, juvenile probation department, or a detention | 
      
        |  | facility. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 10.  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. | 
      
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        |  | SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |