| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2164 |
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| 1 | + | By: Burns, Holland (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 2164 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | + | Affairs; May 13, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; |
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| 6 | + | May 13, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2164 By: Hughes |
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| 4 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 13 | | relating to imposing a civil penalty for prohibiting or otherwise |
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| 6 | 14 | | restricting a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a |
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| 7 | 15 | | weapon on certain premises open to the public. |
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| 8 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Article 2.1305, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 10 | 18 | | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 19 | | (c) An establishment serving the public that violates this |
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| 12 | 20 | | article is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for |
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| 13 | 21 | | each violation. The attorney general may sue to collect a civil |
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| 14 | 22 | | penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this |
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| 15 | 23 | | subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of |
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| 16 | 24 | | the general revenue fund. |
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| 17 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 18 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 19 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 20 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2164 was passed by the House on April |
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| 21 | | - | 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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| 22 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 23 | | - | No. 2164 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, |
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| 24 | | - | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 25 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 26 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 27 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2164 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 28 | | - | amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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| 29 | | - | 2. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 32 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 33 | | - | Date |
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| 34 | | - | __________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Governor |
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| 26 | + | * * * * * |
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