Bill Text: TX HB2560 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to transporting a foster child in a vehicle where a handgun is in the possession of a foster parent licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2560 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2560-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2560 | ||
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| relating to transporting a foster child in a vehicle where a handgun | ||
| is in the possession of a foster parent licensed to carry a | ||
| concealed handgun. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (e-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (e-2) The department may not prohibit the foster parent of a | ||
| child who resides in the foster family's home from transporting the | ||
| child in a vehicle where a handgun is present if the handgun is in | ||
| the possession and control of the foster parent and the foster | ||
| parent is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter | ||
| 411, Government Code. | ||
| 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. 2560 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
| H.B. No. 2560 on May 25, 2011, and requested the appointment of a | ||
| conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
| houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
| on H.B. No. 2560 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, | ||
| Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2560 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
| committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
| that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
| 2560 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
