By: Hughes	S.B. No. 1942
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 1, 2017,
	reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 2;
	May 1, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.
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