Bill Text: TX SB1942 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a license holder in a motor vehicle in a parking area of a primary or secondary school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1942 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1942-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hughes, et al. | S.B. No. 1942 | |
(Hefner) | ||
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relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other | ||
firearm or ammunition by a license holder in a motor vehicle in a | ||
parking area of a primary or secondary school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.2033 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.2033. TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE OF FIREARM AND | ||
AMMUNITION BY LICENSE HOLDER IN SCHOOL PARKING AREA. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Open-enrollment charter school" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code. | ||
(2) "Private school" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 22.081, Education Code. | ||
(b) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or | ||
private school may not prohibit a person, including a school | ||
employee, who holds a license to carry a handgun under this | ||
subchapter from transporting or storing a handgun or other firearm | ||
or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle | ||
in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area provided by | ||
the district or charter or private school, provided that the | ||
handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view. | ||
(c) This section does not authorize a person to possess, | ||
store, or transport a handgun, firearm, or ammunition in violation | ||
of Section 37.125, Education Code, Section 46.03 or 46.035, Penal | ||
Code, or other law. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |