Bill Text: TX SB1324 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority to organize volunteer safety groups at churches, synagogues, and other places of religious worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1324-Introduced.html
By: Seliger | S.B. No. 1324 | |
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relating to the authority to organize volunteer safety groups at | ||
churches, synagogues, and other places of religious worship. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1702.333 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1702.333. PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. (a) This | ||
chapter does not apply to a church, synagogue, or other established | ||
place of religious worship that forms a volunteer safety group, if | ||
each member of the safety group complies with Subsection (b) and: | ||
(1) is a member of the place of religious worship; | ||
(2) is approved by the leadership of the place of | ||
religious worship to serve on the safety group; and | ||
(3) is licensed by the state to carry a concealed | ||
handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. | ||
(b) When performing duties for a volunteer safety group | ||
under this section, a group member may not: | ||
(1) wear a uniform, badge, patch, or other item that | ||
would give the member the appearance of being a law enforcement | ||
officer or security guard; or | ||
(2) incorporate a word or phrase on any object in a | ||
manner that would give the member the appearance of being a law | ||
enforcement officer or security guard, including the use of the | ||
word "security." | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 46.035, Penal Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A license holder commits an offense if the license | ||
holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun | ||
under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, | ||
regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, on or about the | ||
license holder's person: | ||
(1) on the premises of a business that has a permit or | ||
license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its | ||
income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for | ||
on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code; | ||
(2) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, | ||
or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking | ||
place, unless the license holder is a participant in the event and a | ||
handgun is used in the event; | ||
(3) on the premises of a correctional facility; | ||
(4) on the premises of a hospital licensed under | ||
Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing | ||
home licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless the | ||
license holder has written authorization of the hospital or nursing | ||
home administration, as appropriate; | ||
(5) in an amusement park; or | ||
(6) except as provided by Section 1702.333, | ||
Occupations Code, on the premises of a church, synagogue, or other | ||
established place of religious worship. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |