By: Vasut H.B. No. 3124
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to carrying a handgun on the premises of a public employer.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.203, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 411.203.  RIGHTS OF EMPLOYERS. (a) This subchapter
  does not prevent or otherwise limit the right of a [public or]
  private employer to prohibit persons who are licensed under this
  subchapter or not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from
  possessing a firearm from carrying a handgun on the premises of the
  business.
         (b)  An employer that is a governmental entity may not
  prohibit an employee of the entity from carrying a handgun that the
  employee is not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from
  carrying:
               (1)  on premises owned or leased by the governmental
  entity;
               (2)  while performing the employee's duties on premises
  other than premises owned or leased by the governmental entity; or
               (3)  in any other location or circumstance in which the
  employee would otherwise be permitted to carry a handgun under law.
         (c)  In this section, "premises" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 46.035(f) [46.035(f)(3)], Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2021.