Bill Updates - Jan 29, 2009

→ Posted on Jan 29, 2009 - 12:19 AM

COMMERCIAL LAW
HB 0071* (Full Text)	Redefines all-terrain vehicle. Redefines “all-terrain vehicle” for purposes of the Motorcycle and Off-Road Vehicle Dealer Fairness Act to include a motorized vehicle that is limited in engine displacement to 1,000 cubic centimeters or less and is limited in total dry weight to less than 1,500 pounds. Current law specifies engine displacement to 800 cubic centimeters or less and a dry weight of 850 pounds. (H: McCord) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
CRIMINAL LAW
SB 0019* HB 0082 (Full Text)	Carrying firearms - judges. Authorizes current and retired judges who possess a handgun carry permit to carry a firearm under same circumstances and conditions as law enforcement officers and correctional officers. Current law allows law enforcement officer to carry firearms at all times, on-duty or off-duty, except if prohibited by federal law, court orders, or written directives of the executive supervisor of the employing agency, or if the officer is on school grounds or under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. (S: Gresham; H: Shaw) Senate Status: Introduced 1/15/2009 House Status: Introduced 1/15/2009
SB 0032 HB 0046* (Full Text)	Handgun information privacy. Prohibits department of safety or any department-approved handgun safety course employee from requiring applicant for handgun carry permit to furnish any identifying information concerning any handgun the applicant owns or possesses. (S: Tracy; H: Evans) Senate Status: Senate companion bill introduced. (S: Tracy) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
SB 0040 HB 0112* (Full Text)	Possession of handguns while on certain premises. Allows persons with a handgun carry permit to carry a handgun year-round on public hunting areas and wildlife management areas. Specifies that such individuals are still subject to all wildlife laws, rules, and regulations. (S: Bunch; H: Bell) Senate Status: Senate companion bill introduced. (S: Bunch) House Status: Introduced 2/9/2009
HB 0004* (Full Text)	Exemption for certain handgun carry permit requirements. Clarifies that a person who is exempt from classroom and firing range training requirement by reason of prior military experience is also exempt from payment of $115 application and processing fee. (H: Bass) House Co-Sponsor: Turner M. House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
HB 0032* (Full Text)	Crime-Free School Zone Act. Enacts the “Crime-Free School Zone Act.” Enhances penalties and fines for violent and certain other crimes committed within 1000 feet of any school, public or private, child care agency, public library, recreation center or park. (H: Hardaway) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
HB 0045* (Full Text)	Handgun carrying permit. Clarifies that no applicant for a handgun carry permit that is participating in a handgun safety course is required to furnish any information concerning the handgun the applicant owns, possesses, or uses during the safety course. (H: Hill) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
HB 0053* (Full Text)	Confidentiality of handgun carry permit applications. Declares information contained in handgun carry permit applications and renewals, information provided to agencies to investigate applicant, and records maintained relative to the permit application is confidential. Creates Class E felony of unauthorized publication of permit information or records. (H: Bass) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
HB 0070* (Full Text)	Protection of property. Removes prohibition against using deadly force in protection of property. Specifies that there is an exemption from provisions allowing the use of deadly force against a person lawfully allowed to be in a business as there is for a dwelling, residence or occupied vehicle. (H: Fincher) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.
HB 0221* (Full Text)	Confidentiality of handgun carry permit applications. Makes confidential information pertaining to handgun carry permits relative to public inspection or publication. Authorizes law enforcement agencies to access such information for investigating or prosecuting purposes. Specifies that publication of such information by anyone other than the permit holder is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by fine only. (H: Bass) House Status: Introduced 2/9/2009
HB 0233* (Full Text)	Carrying a handgun in certain locations. Authorizes anyone with a handgun carry permit, not consuming an alcoholic beverage, to carry a handgun in a public establishment that derives 60 percent or more of its revenue through the sale of food. Allows transient or guest to carry a handgun in a hotel except for where alcoholic beverages are being served. (H: Todd) House Status: Introduced 2/9/2009
HB 0254* (Full Text)	Purchasers of firearms not required to produce thumbprint. Removes requirement that a gun dealer must obtain a thumbprint from a purchaser and deletes provision whereby the TBI must provide firearms transaction thumbprint forms. (H: Casada) House Status: Introduced 2/9/2009
HB 0266* (Full Text)	Self defense used in a person’s business. Clarifies that the law of self-defense applies to a person’s business, in addition to a person’s lawful residence, dwelling and vehicle. (H: Watson E.) House Status: Introduced 2/9/2009
ENVIRONMENT & NATURE
SJR 0001 (Full Text)	Constitutional amendment - right to hunt and fish. Adds provisions to the state constitution to establish the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game subject to reasonable rules and regulations. Establishes standard for reviewing such rules and regulations. (S: Norris) Senate Status: Held on Senate clerk’s desk.
TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
HB 0036* (Full Text)	Child safety in operation of off-highway motor vehicles. Establishes an offense for any parent or legal guardian of a person under 18 years of age to permit that person to operate or be a passenger on an off-highway motor vehicle without an appropriate helmet. (H: Hardaway) House Status: Held on House clerk’s desk.