By: Hefner, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes)	H.B. No. 1143
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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