Bill Text: TX HB2164 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to imposing a civil penalty for prohibiting or otherwise restricting a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a weapon on certain premises open to the public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2164 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2164-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2164 |
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relating to imposing a civil penalty for prohibiting or otherwise | ||
restricting a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a | ||
weapon on certain premises open to the public. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 2.1305, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) An establishment serving the public that violates this | ||
article is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for | ||
each violation. The attorney general may sue to collect a civil | ||
penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this | ||
subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of | ||
the general revenue fund. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2164 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2164 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2164 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays | ||
2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |