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Amend CSSB 1164 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 411.2031(b),
Government Code (page 1, line 20), strike "A license holder" and
substitute "Subject to rules, regulations, or other provisions
adopted under Subsection (e) or (f), a license holder".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 411.2031(c),
Government Code (page 1, line 24), strike "Subsection (e)" and
substitute "Subsections (e) and (f)".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of added Section
411.2031, Government Code (page 1, between lines 42 and 43),
insert:
(f) An institution of higher education or private or
independent institution of higher education may establish rules,
regulations, or other provisions prohibiting license holders from
carrying handguns on the campus of the institution if the
institution receives notice from the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board under Section 61.0904(b), Education Code,
concerning an increase in gun-related violence on higher education
campuses.
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____ Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0904 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0904. STUDY OF GUN-RELATED VIOLENCE ON HIGHER
EDUCATION CAMPUSES. (a) The board shall conduct an ongoing study
of whether gun-related violence has increased on the campuses of
institutions of higher education or private or independent
institutions of higher education as a result of the enactment of
Section 411.2031, Government Code.
(b) If the board determines during or as a result of the
study that gun-related violence has increased on the campuses of
institutions of higher education or private or independent
institutions of higher education as a result of the enactment of
Section 411.2031, Government Code, the board shall notify each
institution of higher education and each private or independent
institution of higher education in writing of that determination.