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AN ACT
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relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other |
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firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school |
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parking area. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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not prohibit a person, including a school employee, who holds a |
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license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, |
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Government Code, from transporting or storing a handgun or other |
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firearm or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor |
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vehicle in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area |
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provided by the district or charter school and may not regulate the |
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manner in which the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is stored in the |
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vehicle, provided that the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not |
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in plain view. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1143 was passed by the House on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 37, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1143 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |