By: Burns, Holland (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 2164

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019; May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 13, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2164 By: Hughes

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to imposing a civil penalty for prohibiting or otherwise restricting a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a weapon on certain premises open to the public.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 2.1305, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) An establishment serving the public that violates this article is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each violation. The attorney general may sue to collect a civil penalty under this subsection. Money collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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