TITLE: Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area.

SUMMARY: Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.0815(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not prohibit a person, including a school employee, who holds a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, from transporting or storing a handgun or other firearm or ammunition in a locked, privately owned or leased motor vehicle in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area provided by the district or charter school and may not regulate the manner in which the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is stored in the vehicle,provided that the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. SECTION 3. 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.