Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R10543 MEW-D
2	2	By: Lucio S.B. No. 1555
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the authorization of a license holder to carry a
8	8	concealed handgun at a school or educational institution.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 411.192, Government Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(a) The department shall disclose [to a criminal justice
14	14	agency] information contained in its files and records regarding
15	15	whether a named individual or any individual named in a specified
16	16	list is licensed under this subchapter to:
17	17	(1) a criminal justice agency; or
18	18	(2) a school district, open-enrollment charter
19	19	school, or private school that requests verification under Section
20	20	411.210.
21	21	(a-1) Information on an individual subject to disclosure
22	22	under Subsection (a) [this section] includes the individual's name,
23	23	date of birth, gender, race, zip code, telephone number, e-mail
24	24	address, and Internet website address. Except as otherwise
25	25	provided by this section and by Sections [Section] 411.193 and
26	26	411.210, all other records maintained under this subchapter are
27	27	confidential and are not subject to mandatory disclosure under the
28	28	open records law, Chapter 552.
29	29	(c) The department shall notify a license holder of any
30	30	request that is made for information relating to the license holder
31	31	under this section and provide the name of the entity [agency]
32	32	making the request.
33	33	SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
34	34	amended by adding Section 411.210 to read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 411.210. VERIFICATION OF LICENSE BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
36	36	(a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private
37	37	school may request verification from the department that a person
38	38	holds a valid license to carry a handgun under this subchapter
39	39	before authorizing the person to carry a concealed handgun on
40	40	school premises, as provided by Section 46.03(a)(1)(A)(i), Penal
41	41	Code.
42	42	(b) As soon as practicable after receiving a request under
43	43	Subsection (a), the department shall provide at no cost:
44	44	(1) verification that the person holds a valid license
45	45	to carry a handgun under this subchapter; or
46	46	(2) notice that the person does not hold a valid
47	47	license.
48	48	SECTION 3. Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
49	49	as follows:
50	50	(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
51	51	knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm,
52	52	location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in
53	53	Section 46.05(a):
54	54	(1) on the physical premises of a school or
55	55	educational institution, any grounds or building on which an
56	56	activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being
57	57	conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
58	58	educational institution, whether the school or educational
59	59	institution is public or private, unless:
60	60	(A) pursuant to written regulations or written
61	61	authorization of the school or institution:
62	62	(i) the person possesses or goes with a
63	63	concealed handgun that the person is licensed to carry under
64	64	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; or
65	65	(ii) the person possesses or goes with any
66	66	weapon to which this section applies, other than a concealed
67	67	handgun; or
68	68	(B) the person possesses or goes with a concealed
69	69	handgun that the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H,
70	70	Chapter 411, Government Code, and no other weapon to which this
71	71	section applies, on the premises of an institution of higher
72	72	education or private or independent institution of higher
73	73	education, on any grounds or building on which an activity
74	74	sponsored by the institution is being conducted, or in a passenger
75	75	transportation vehicle of the institution;
76	76	(2) on the premises of a polling place on the day of an
77	77	election or while early voting is in progress;
78	78	(3) on the premises of any government court or offices
79	79	utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or
80	80	written authorization of the court;
81	81	(4) on the premises of a racetrack;
82	82	(5) in or into a secured area of an airport; or
83	83	(6) within 1,000 feet of premises the location of
84	84	which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a
85	85	place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure,
86	86	on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the
87	87	designated premises and the person received notice that:
88	88	(A) going within 1,000 feet of the premises with
89	89	a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or
90	90	(B) possessing a weapon listed under this
91	91	subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited.
92	92	SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
93	93	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
94	94	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
95	95	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
96	96	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
97	97	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
98	98	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
99	99	before that date.
100	100	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.