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SB3012 is "An Act" to amend TCA 39-17-13; sections 57-3-204 and section 57-4-203. relative to permitting or prohibiting the carrying of firearms in certain places.
At the very end of the text of the bill it states that this act will take effect July 1, 2010. However there are certain sections in this text that will take effect at later dates.
Section 3 of this act, which pertains to posting of NFA signage and penalties for violating the NFA warnings will not take effect until Oct 1, 2010. Any notice posted prior to the effected date of this act that is in substantial compliance with the provisions of this section as it existed prior to the effective date of this act shall remain valid and in full force and effect until then.
Section 4 of this act simply adds requirements for handgun safety instructors to spend at least one hour of the class room portion of the course instructing on alcohol and drug use and effects of such , etc. This goes into effect beginning Sept 1,2010.
Sections 5 and 6 delete subsections in 57-3-204 and 57-4-203 pretaining to posting those old violation notices for retailers that sell alcohol for on or off premises consumtion. These sections take effect Oct 1, 2010.
So, I think that what applies to us as HCP holders being able to carry into restaraunts that servegoes into effect July 1. The rest, that goes into effect at later dates,applies to the business owners and safety instructors.
I think where the anti's got away with the "unconstatutional vagueness" thing was the former amendment that attempted to define what kind of establishments the amendment was to apply to. That has been done away with in this new amendment and appears to now include all establishments that "are licenced as restaraunts by the ABC." Since there is no such thing as a bar (defined by TCA) any place that serves alcohol for on site consumption is considered a "restaraunt." I don't know how the anti's would challenge this new amendment. It doesn't infringe on the restaraunteurs rights to bar firearms if they want to. Of course, the previous amendment of last year didn't either. But I'm sure their busy trying to find away to challenge it. At the very least they'll probably pickit the places that allow firearms, like they did Starbucks.