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therefore, school districts can still prohibit firearms or ammunition
in the private motor vehicles of non-LTC holder employees. This is
another example of why it is beneficial to obtain a Texas LTC.
F. Houses of religious worship
When the original CHL (now LTC) law was created in 1995, it
included a list of places where a license holder could not carry under
the now-defunct Texas Penal Code Section 46.035. This list forbade
carrying in churches, synagogues, and other places of religious
worship. In 1997, the law changed so that these places were only
prohibited if effective 30.06, and later 30.07, criminal trespass
notice was provided. However, over the decades, this created an
incredible amount of confusion about whether or not an LTC holder
could carry into a church. While the law provided that an LTC
holder could carry into a place of religious worship so long as they
were not provided effective 30.06 or 30.07 criminal trespass notice,
many were unsure about carrying a handgun.
In 2019, the Texas Legislature amended the law to clear up the
confusing language regarding an LTC holder’s ability to carry a
handgun into places of religious worship by striking “churches,
synagogues, or other places of religious worship” from the list of
prohibited locations. This change in the law clarified these places
were to be treated the same as other private property premises.
As previously discussed throughout this book, the 87th Texas
Legislature repealed Texas Penal Code Section 46.035 and relocated
its prohibited places list to Texas Penal Code Section 46.03. Places
of religious worship are not located within the newly formed list
under Section 46.03, and therefore, are still to be treated as any
other private property. This means if a place of religious worship
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