Yes, but if Texas actually deleted things from the law, instead of adding a little part at the end making them an exception, hospitals wouldn't be there any more. Since they made it a requirement that they post a 30.06 hospitals are no different than a fast food place for these purposes. If they were to write this law today, hospitals and churches, and amusement parks wouldn't be in 46.035 at all and we wouldn't be talking about this at all. Well, maybe a little.srothstein wrote:C-dub wrote:This has been bugging me all day. Are you sure about this Steve? It seems like the exceptions in 30.06 and 46.035 are a loop that contradict each other.
1. Hospitals are only off limits if they post a proper 30.06 sign.
2. Government owned property, with some exceptions, are prohibited from prohibiting a CHL from carrying.
3. Hospitals are not one of those places mentioned as an exception for government owned or leased places like courtrooms or prisons.
I want to believe you Steve, but something's not quite right. I just keepover this one.
Try looking at it this way:
30.06 is not valid on state property unless it is listed in 46.035
hospitals are listed in 46.035 as prohibited if the sign is posted.
Hospital has the sign so it is prohibited
Sign is now valid and enforceable
In reality, you could ignore the requirement for signs in 46.035 and use the logic of if the location is listed at all in 46.035, it is illegal and enforceable. I would bet any court would read this as the intent of the legislature if they had any questions about the meaning of the sections.
This is really the only reason I question this. The only reason hospitals are "in" 46.035 is because Texas doesn't delete anything from their code, they just make an exception for it excluding it. Hospitals are in there, but not really.
