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Amend CSSB 534 (Senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of
the bill, immediately following added Subsection (h), Section
52.061, Labor Code (page 2, between lines 24 and 25), by adding the
following:
(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), an employer may
prohibit an employee described by that subsection from transporting
or storing a handgun in the employee's locked motor vehicle in a
parking area the employer provides employees if:
(1) the parking area is completely surrounded by a
fence and is not open to the public;
(2) ingress to and egress from the parking area are
constantly monitored by security personnel; and
(3) the employer provides an alternate parking area in
close proximity for the employee in which the employee may
transport or store a handgun in the employee's locked motor vehicle
in accordance with Subsection (a)(3).