| 1 | 1 | | 89R4756 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schatzline H.B. No. 3480 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a required provision in certain governmental entity |
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| 10 | 10 | | contracts regarding the carrying of handguns by license holders. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 2252, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 2252.911 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 2252.911. REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISION RELATING TO |
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| 15 | 15 | | HANDGUNS CARRIED BY LICENSE HOLDERS. (a) In this section, |
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| 16 | 16 | | "governmental entity" means: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) a department, commission, board, office, or other |
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| 18 | 18 | | agency that is in the executive or legislative branch of state |
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| 19 | 19 | | government and that was created by the constitution or a statute, |
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| 20 | 20 | | including an institution of higher education as defined by Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 61.003, Education Code; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, |
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| 23 | 23 | | a court of appeals, a district court, or the Texas Judicial Council |
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| 24 | 24 | | or another agency in the judicial branch of state government; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) a county, municipality, special-purpose district |
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| 26 | 26 | | or authority, or any other political subdivision of this state. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) A contract for the use of property owned or leased by a |
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| 28 | 28 | | governmental entity must include the following statement: |
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| 29 | 29 | | "______________ (name of contractor), during the term of this |
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| 30 | 30 | | contract, may not in any manner prohibit a license holder who is |
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| 31 | 31 | | carrying a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter |
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| 32 | 32 | | 411, Government Code, from entering or remaining on the property or |
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| 33 | 33 | | a portion of the property, including through the provision of |
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| 34 | 34 | | notice by a communication described by Section 30.06 or 30.07, |
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| 35 | 35 | | Penal Code, unless license holders are otherwise prohibited from |
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| 36 | 36 | | carrying handguns on the property or that portion of the property |
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| 37 | 37 | | under Section 46.03, Penal Code, or other law." |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. Section 2252.911, Government Code, as added by |
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| 39 | 39 | | this Act, does not apply to a contract entered into before the |
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| 40 | 40 | | effective date of this Act, except that if the contract is renewed, |
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| 41 | 41 | | modified, or extended on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Section 2252.911, Government Code, applies to the contract |
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| 43 | 43 | | beginning on the date of renewal, modification, or extension. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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