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

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

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a license holder in a motor vehicle in a parking area of a primary or secondary school. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.2033 to read as follows: Sec. 411.2033. TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION BY LICENSE HOLDER IN SCHOOL PARKING AREA. (a) In this section: (1) "Open-enrollment charter school" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code. (2) "Private school" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.081, Education Code. (b) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school may not prohibit a person, including a school employee, who holds a license to carry a handgun under this subchapter 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 or private school, provided that the handgun, firearm, or ammunition is not in plain view. (c) This section does not authorize a person to possess, store, or transport a handgun, firearm, or ammunition in violation of Section 37.125, Education Code, Section 46.03 or 46.035, Penal Code, or other law. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.