82R29831 JSC-D
 
  By: Kleinschmidt H.R. No. 2277
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
  Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
  Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
  resolve the differences on Senate Bill 321 (employee's
  transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while
  on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer)
  to consider and take action on the following matter:
         House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
  committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1
  of the bill, in added Section 52.063, Labor Code, to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 52.063.  IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. (a)  Except in
  cases of gross negligence, a public or private employer, or the
  employer's principal, officer, director, employee, or agent, is not
  liable in a civil action for personal injury, death, property
  damage, or any other damages resulting from or arising out of an
  occurrence involving a firearm or ammunition that the employer is
  required to allow on the employer's property under this subchapter.
         (b)  The presence of a firearm or ammunition on an employer's
  property under the authority of this subchapter does not by itself
  constitute a failure by the employer to provide a safe workplace.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, a public or private
  employer, or the employer's principal, officer, director,
  employee, or agent, does not have a duty:
               (1)  to patrol, inspect, or secure:
                     (A)  any parking lot, parking garage, or other
  parking area the employer provides for employees; or
                     (B)  any privately owned motor vehicle located in
  a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area described by
  Paragraph (A); or
               (2)  to investigate, confirm, or determine an
  employee's compliance with laws related to the ownership or
  possession of a firearm or ammunition or the transportation and
  storage of a firearm or ammunition.
         Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify the
  responsibilities of an employer required by this Act to permit
  certain firearms and ammunition on the employer's property.