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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill 321 (employee's transportation and storage of |
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certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or |
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controlled by the employee's employer) to consider and take |
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action on the following matter: |
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Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee |
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to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 of the |
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bill, in added Section 52.063, Labor Code, to read as follows: |
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Sec. 52.063. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) Except |
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in cases of gross negligence, a public or private employer, or |
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the employer's principal, officer, director, employee, or agent, |
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is not liable in a civil action for personal injury, death, |
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property damage, or any other damages resulting from or arising |
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out of an occurrence involving a firearm or ammunition that the |
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employer is required to allow on the employer's property under |
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this subchapter. |
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(b) The presence of a firearm or ammunition on an |
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employer's property under the authority of this subchapter does |
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not by itself constitute a failure by the employer to provide a |
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safe workplace. |
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(c) For purposes of this section, a public or private |
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employer, or the employer's principal, officer, director, |
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employee, or agent, does not have a duty: |
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(1) to patrol, inspect, or secure: |
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(A) any parking lot, parking garage, or other |
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parking area the employer provides for employees; or |
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(B) any privately owned motor vehicle located |
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in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area described |
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by Paragraph (A); or |
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(2) to investigate, confirm, or determine an |
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employee's compliance with laws related to the ownership or |
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possession of a firearm or ammunition or the transportation and |
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storage of a firearm or ammunition. |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify the |
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responsibilities and immunity from civil liability of persons |
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under this Act. |
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_______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 27, 2011, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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_______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |