86R8466 JSC-D
 
  By: Hefner, et al. H.B. No. 1143
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other
  firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school
  parking area.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
  not prohibit a person, including a school employee, who holds a
  license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
  Government Code, 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 school and may not regulate the
  manner in which the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is stored in the
  vehicle, provided that the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not
  in plain view.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.