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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to the transportation and storage of concealed handguns  | 
      
      
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        and ammunition by students in vehicles on the campuses of  | 
      
      
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        institutions of higher education. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by adding Section 411.2032 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 411.2032.  TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF HANDGUNS AND  | 
      
      
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        AMMUNITION BY LICENSE HOLDERS IN PRIVATE VEHICLES ON CERTAIN  | 
      
      
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        CAMPUSES.  (a)  For purposes of this section: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  "Campus" means all land and buildings owned or  | 
      
      
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        leased by an institution of higher education or private or  | 
      
      
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        independent institution of higher education. | 
      
      
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                     (2)  "Institution of higher education" and "private or  | 
      
      
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        independent institution of higher education" have the meanings  | 
      
      
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        assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | 
      
      
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               (b)  An institution of higher education or private or  | 
      
      
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        independent institution of higher education in this state may not  | 
      
      
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        adopt or enforce any rule, regulation, or other provision or take  | 
      
      
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        any other action, including posting notice under Section 30.06,  | 
      
      
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        Penal Code, prohibiting a student enrolled at that institution who  | 
      
      
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        holds a license to carry a concealed handgun under this subchapter  | 
      
      
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        from transporting or storing a handgun of the same category the  | 
      
      
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        student is licensed to carry or ammunition for that handgun in a  | 
      
      
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        locked, privately owned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle leased by  | 
      
      
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        or for the student: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  on a street or driveway located on the campus of  | 
      
      
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        the institution; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  in a parking lot, parking garage, or other parking  | 
      
      
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        area located on the campus of the institution. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |