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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 license holder in a motor vehicle in a |
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parking area of a primary or secondary school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.2033 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.2033. TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE OF FIREARM AND |
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AMMUNITION BY LICENSE HOLDER IN SCHOOL PARKING AREA. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Open-enrollment charter school" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code. |
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(2) "Private school" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 22.081, Education Code. |
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(b) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or |
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private school may not prohibit a person, including a school |
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employee, who holds a license to carry a handgun under this |
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subchapter from transporting or storing a handgun or other firearm |
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or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle |
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in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area provided by |
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the district or charter or private school, provided that the |
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handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view. |
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(c) This section does not authorize a person to possess, |
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store, or transport a handgun, firearm, or ammunition in violation |
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of Section 37.125, Education Code, Section 46.03 or 46.035, Penal |
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Code, or other law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |