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AN ACT
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relating to imposing a civil penalty for prohibiting or otherwise |
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restricting a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a |
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weapon on certain premises open to the public. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.1305, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) An establishment serving the public that violates this |
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article is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for |
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each violation. The attorney general may sue to collect a civil |
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penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this |
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subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of |
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the general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2164 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2164 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2164 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |