Bill Text: TX HB2242 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of dynamic message signs for the Keep 'Em Safe Texas Gun Storage Campaign.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2242 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2242-Engrossed.html

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88R10966 AJZ-F
By: Howard, Geren, et al. H.B. No. 2242

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of dynamic message signs for the Keep 'Em Safe
Texas Gun Storage Campaign.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.625. KEEP 'EM SAFE TEXAS GUN STORAGE CAMPAIGN. (a)
The department, in consultation with the Department of Public
Safety, shall establish and implement a plan for providing relevant
information to the public regarding the safe storage of firearms
for the Department of Public Safety's Keep 'Em Safe Texas Gun
Storage Campaign using an existing system of dynamic message signs
located across the state.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department is not
required to use any existing system of dynamic message signs to
provide the information described by Subsection (a) if the
department receives notice from the United States Department of
Transportation Federal Highway Administration that the use of the
signs would result in the loss of federal highway funding or other
punitive actions taken against this state due to noncompliance with
federal laws, regulations, or policies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.