TO: | Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Law Enforcement |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB896 by Farabee (Relating to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a concealed handgun.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Government Code to prohibit public and certain private employers from establishing a policy or rule that prohibits a concealed handgun license holder from transporting or storing a concealed handgun in a locked vehicle in any parking lot, parking garage, or other designated parking area. Private employers who provide an area (parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area) completely surrounded by a gate and not open to the public or an area in which access is monitored by security personnel may prohibit an employee from transporting or storing a concealed handgun in a vehicle.
The bill would not apply to prohibited premises under state or federal law. The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, VDS, SJ, LM
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