Bill Text: TX HB2131 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a pass for expedited access to the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-30 - Effective immediately [HB2131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2131-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2131 | ||
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| relating to the issuance of a pass for expedited access to the State | ||
| Capitol. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.0625 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.0625. PASS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CAPITOL. (a) | ||
| The department shall allow a person to enter the Capitol and the | ||
| Capitol Extension, including any public space in the Capitol or | ||
| Capitol Extension, in the same manner as the department allows | ||
| entry to a person who presents a concealed handgun license under | ||
| Subchapter H if the person: | ||
| (1) obtains from the department a Capitol access pass; | ||
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| (2) presents the pass to the appropriate law | ||
| enforcement official when entering the building or a space within | ||
| the building. | ||
| (b) To be eligible for a Capitol access pass, a person must | ||
| meet the eligibility requirements applicable to a license to carry | ||
| a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, other than requirements | ||
| regarding evidence of handgun proficiency. | ||
| (c) The department shall adopt rules to establish a | ||
| procedure by which a resident of the state may apply for and be | ||
| issued a Capitol access pass. Rules adopted under this section must | ||
| include provisions for eligibility, application, approval, | ||
| issuance, and renewal that: | ||
| (1) require the department to conduct the same | ||
| background check on an applicant for a Capitol access pass that is | ||
| conducted on an applicant for a concealed handgun license under | ||
| Subchapter H; | ||
| (2) enable the department to conduct the background | ||
| check described by Subdivision (1); and | ||
| (3) establish application and renewal fees in amounts | ||
| sufficient to cover the cost of administering this section, not to | ||
| exceed the amounts of similar fees required for a concealed handgun | ||
| license under Section 411.174. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2131 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2131 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
