UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER.
Tex. PENAL Code § 46.035.
in effect(a) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H , Chapter 411 , Government Code, and intentionally displays the handgun in plain view of another person in a public place. It is an exception to the application of this subsection that the handgun was partially or wholly visible but was:
(1) carried in a holster by the license holder; or
(2) in a holster, and the handgun and the license holder were in a motor vehicle.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 229, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 10.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1261, Sec. 26, 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.833, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 687 (H.B. 2664 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 72 (S.B. 299 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595 ), Sec. 17.004, eff. September 1, 2023.