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hotel property, including a vehicle in a parking area provided for
hotel guests.
Strangely, the 87th Texas Legislature left language for hotels
(which violate this new provision of the law) requiring them to
provide notice on their Internet reservation website of their policy
regarding the possession, storage, and transportation of firearms. If
a hotel owner or operator fails to follow these laws, the hotel owner
or keeper commits a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine of
not more than $100. See Tex. Occ. Code § 2155.103(c).
J. Lower Colorado River Authority areas
Tucked away in an obscure section of the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Code is Section 62.081, which states “no person may hunt with,
possess, or shoot a firearm, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or any
other weapon on or across the land of the Lower Colorado River
Authority.” This strange law was passed in 1975 and was left
apparently unnoticed until 2013, when the legislature amended
Section 62.082 to exclude LTC holders from the application of this
law. Thus, an LTC holder is allowed to possess a handgun concealed
or visibly carried in a holster on the land of the Lower Colorado
River Authority. It is important to note, however, this law went
unchanged in 2021. This means if a constitutional carrier is not
otherwise authorized by law to possess a firearm (or one of the other
aforementioned weapons) within Lower Colorado River Authority
lands, they could be prosecuted for a Class C misdemeanor.
See Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.084.
K. Carrying during a declared disaster
In 2019, Texas Penal Code Section 46.15 was amended to add
subsections which address carrying a handgun during a declared
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