Bill Text: TX HB1337 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a firefighter at the fire station to which the firefighter is assigned.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB1337 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1337-Introduced.html
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By: Leach | H.B. No. 1337 |
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relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a firefighter at | ||
the fire station to which the firefighter is assigned. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 180.008. CARRYING AND STORAGE OF HANDGUN BY CERTAIN | ||
FIREFIGHTERS. (a) In this section, "firefighter" means a | ||
permanent, paid employee of the fire department of a political | ||
subdivision. The term does not include a volunteer firefighter. | ||
(b) A political subdivision that employs a firefighter may | ||
not prohibit a firefighter who holds a license to carry a handgun | ||
under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, from carrying or | ||
storing a handgun at the fire station to which the firefighter is | ||
assigned during the firefighter's duty hours. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 180.008, Local Government Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies to a rule, ordinance, order, resolution, or | ||
other regulation adopted before, on, or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |