85R7821 JSC-D
 
  By: Hefner, Bonnen of Brazoria, Dutton, H.B. No. 1692
      Raymond, Huberty, et al.
 
 
 
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.