86R10543 MEW-D
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 1555
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authorization of a license holder to carry a
  concealed handgun at a school or educational institution.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.192, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The department shall disclose [to a criminal justice
  agency] information contained in its files and records regarding
  whether a named individual or any individual named in a specified
  list is licensed under this subchapter to:
               (1)  a criminal justice agency; or
               (2)  a school district, open-enrollment charter
  school, or private school that requests verification under Section
  411.210.
         (a-1)  Information on an individual subject to disclosure
  under Subsection (a) [this section] includes the individual's name,
  date of birth, gender, race, zip code, telephone number, e-mail
  address, and Internet website address. Except as otherwise
  provided by this section and by Sections [Section] 411.193 and
  411.210, all other records maintained under this subchapter are
  confidential and are not subject to mandatory disclosure under the
  open records law, Chapter 552.
         (c)  The department shall notify a license holder of any
  request that is made for information relating to the license holder
  under this section and provide the name of the entity [agency]
  making the request.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.210 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.210.  VERIFICATION OF LICENSE BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  (a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private
  school may request verification from the department that a person
  holds a valid license to carry a handgun under this subchapter
  before authorizing the person to carry a concealed handgun on
  school premises, as provided by Section 46.03(a)(1)(A)(i), Penal
  Code.
         (b)  As soon as practicable after receiving a request under
  Subsection (a), the department shall provide at no cost:
               (1)  verification that the person holds a valid license
  to carry a handgun under this subchapter; or
               (2)  notice that the person does not hold a valid
  license.
         SECTION 3.  Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
  knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm,
  location-restricted knife, club, or prohibited weapon listed in
  Section 46.05(a):
               (1)  on the physical premises of a school or
  educational institution, any grounds or building on which an
  activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being
  conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
  educational institution, whether the school or educational
  institution is public or private, unless:
                     (A)  pursuant to written regulations or written
  authorization of the school or institution:
                           (i)  the person possesses or goes with a
  concealed handgun that the person is licensed to carry under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; or
                           (ii)  the person possesses or goes with any
  weapon to which this section applies, other than a concealed
  handgun; or
                     (B)  the person possesses or goes with a concealed
  handgun that the person is licensed to carry under Subchapter H,
  Chapter 411, Government Code, and no other weapon to which this
  section applies, on the premises of an institution of higher
  education or private or independent institution of higher
  education, on any grounds or building on which an activity
  sponsored by the institution is being conducted, or in a passenger
  transportation vehicle of the institution;
               (2)  on the premises of a polling place on the day of an
  election or while early voting is in progress;
               (3)  on the premises of any government court or offices
  utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or
  written authorization of the court;
               (4)  on the premises of a racetrack;
               (5)  in or into a secured area of an airport; or
               (6)  within 1,000 feet of premises the location of
  which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a
  place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure,
  on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the
  designated premises and the person received notice that:
                     (A)  going within 1,000 feet of the premises with
  a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or
                     (B)  possessing a weapon listed under this
  subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.