TITLE: Relating to the mailing of passenger items prohibited beyond an airport's security screening to the passenger's residence; authorizing a fee.

SUMMARY: Relating to the mailing of passenger items prohibited beyond an airport's security screening to the passenger's residence; authorizing a fee.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the mailing of passenger items prohibited beyond an airport's security screening to the passenger's residence; authorizing a fee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 22.028 to read as follows: Sec. 22.028. MAILING OF PROHIBITED ITEMS TO PASSENGER'S RESIDENCE. (a) An operator of an airport under this chapter: (1) shall provide passengers the option to mail to their residence an item prohibited beyond the airport's security screening; and (2) may charge a passenger a fee to mail the item in an amount not to exceed $30 plus the cost of mailing the item. (b) This section does not apply to an item that is: (1) seized in connection with an alleged offense; or (2) prohibited from being shipped by United States mail. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.