88R24753 KJE-F
 
  By: Lalani H.B. No. 3124
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3124:
 
  By:  Kuempel C.S.H.B. No. 3124
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco
  products on the campus of a public institution of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.91922 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.91922.  USE OF CIGARETTE, E-CIGARETTE, OR TOBACCO
  PRODUCT PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Cigarette" has the meaning assigned by Section
  154.001, Tax Code. 
               (2)  "E-cigarette" has the meaning assigned by Section
  161.081, Health and Safety Code.
               (3)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 61.003.
               (4)  "Tobacco product" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 155.001, Tax Code.
         (b)  An institution of higher education may adopt a policy
  prohibiting the use of a cigarette, e-cigarette, or tobacco product
  on the grounds of, or in any building located on, the institution's
  campus.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.