Bill Text: MS SB2868 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Weapons; revise employer-imposed parking prohibition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2868 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-SB2868-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Younger
Senate Bill 2868
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-9-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AUTHORITY OF A PRIVATE EMPLOYER TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYEE FROM TRANSPORTING OR STORING A FIREARM IN A VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT, PARKING GARAGE, OR OTHER PARKING AREA PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING TO WHICH ACCESS IS RESTRICTED BY A GATE, SECURITY STATION OR OTHER MEANS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 45-9-55, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
45-9-55. (1) * * * A public or private employer may not establish, maintain,
or enforce any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting a person from
transporting or storing a firearm in a locked vehicle in any parking lot,
parking garage, or other designated parking area.
* * *
( * * *2) This section shall not apply to
vehicles owned or leased by an employer and used by the employee in the course
of his business.
( * * *3) This section does not authorize a
person to transport or store a firearm on any premises where the possession of
a firearm is prohibited by state or federal law.
( * * *4) A public or private employer shall
not be liable in a civil action for damages resulting from or arising out of an
occurrence involving the transportation, storage, possession or use of a
firearm covered by this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
