Bill Text: TX HB1959 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transportation or storage of a firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a private school parking area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Left pending in committee [HB1959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1959-Introduced.html
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By: Hefner | H.B. No. 1959 |
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relating to the transportation or storage of a firearm or | ||
ammunition by a handgun license holder in a private school parking | ||
area. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district, [ |
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or private school, including a parochial school, may not prohibit a | ||
person, including a school employee, who holds a license to carry a | ||
handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, from | ||
transporting or storing a handgun or other firearm or ammunition in | ||
a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle in a parking lot, | ||
parking garage, or other parking area provided by the district, | ||
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firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
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, 2019. |