Bill Text: TX HB333 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requiring notice of a hotel's firearms policy and other guest policies; providing a criminal penalty.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB333 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB333-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 333 | ||
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| relating to requiring notice of a hotel's firearms policy and other | ||
| guest policies; providing a criminal penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2155, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. FIREARMS POLICY NOTICE | ||
| Sec. 2155.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "hotel" has | ||
| the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code. | ||
| Sec. 2155.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter | ||
| applies only to a hotel that has a policy prohibiting or restricting | ||
| the possession, storage, or transportation of firearms by hotel | ||
| guests. | ||
| Sec. 2155.103. NOTICE REGARDING FIREARMS POLICY. (a) A | ||
| hotel shall include on the hotel's Internet reservation website the | ||
| hotel's policy regarding the possession, storage, and | ||
| transportation of firearms. | ||
| (b) If a hotel provides a written confirmation or a written | ||
| statement of terms and conditions to a consumer after accepting the | ||
| consumer's hotel reservation by telephone, the hotel shall include | ||
| information specifying how the consumer may review applicable guest | ||
| policies. The guest policies must indicate the hotel's policy | ||
| regarding the possession, storage, and transportation of firearms | ||
| by guests. | ||
| (c) A hotel owner or keeper commits an offense if the person | ||
| does not comply with this section. An offense under this subsection | ||
| is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 333 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 333 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
