I was up at Harris Southwest hospital this past weekend with the wife for a checkup and can confirm that they are properly posted. What I liked about the posting was that they made no attempt to pretty it up or keep it out of view. The letters were even large enough that I spotted it from the car in the parking lot, which gave me the immediate notice I needed to turn back in my seat and make a deposit in the glove box.
It was white on glass, but the interior was dark enough that regardless of outside light, it definitely contrasted. The letters were over 1" high and wording was all proper. Even though I hated that I had to disarm, I at least liked that they made no bones about compliance. I almost wanted to take a picture to use as an example of proper signage, but I didn't like the colors enough to tout it as "perfectly proper".
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- Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: 30.06 sign at Nursing Home
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- Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: 30.06 sign at Nursing Home
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Re: Thank you gentlemen...
No problem. We are all here to help each other.30Carb wrote:...casselthief, barres, and kauboy, for correcting my error and bringing me up to date.
- Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: 30.06 sign at Nursing Home
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30Carb wrote:S&W6946 wrote: (b) A hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code,
or a nursing home licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety
Code, shall prominently display at each entrance to the hospital or
nursing home, as appropriate, a sign that complies with the requirements
of Subsection (c) other than the requirement that the sign
include on its face the number "51".
I believe you are missing the point.
The hospital and nursing home are already off limits to licensed and unlicensed carry by law, with or without the legally correct signs. It is our responsibility to know this. A hospital/nursing does not have the option to prohibit.
It is the hospital's/nursing home's responsibility to remind us by posting the correct legal signs.
Failure on the part of the hospital/nursing home to remind us in a legally correct manner not to carry inside does not relieve us of complying with the law that prevents us from carrying there.
Where did you pull this out of?
I believe a reminder is in order:
§ 46.035. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE
HOLDER. (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 fails to conceal the handgun.
(b) A license holder commits an offense if the license
holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun
under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, on or about the
license holder's person:
...
(4) on the premises of a hospital licensed under
Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing
home licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless the
license holder has written authorization of the hospital or nursing
home administration, as appropriate;
...
(i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), and (c) do not apply
if the actor was not given effective notice under Section 30.06.
Your welcome.
BTW, to the OP, an 8 1/2x11 piece of paper would be sufficient if it were handed to you and everyone else as they entered the building, but not anywhere else.
Carry proud and carry often. (where legal
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