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hirundo82 wrote:

Hoi Polloi wrote:A number of the articles I read said they'll be able to carry in churches, restaurants, and sporting events, unlike other CHL holders.

What a crazy mish-mash of misunderstandings!

The Fox station in Houston was saying that they would be allowed to carry in places regular people couldn't, including churches, bars, and businesses. The last one had me going

SC1903A3 wrote:Since this amendment makes no mention of private universities and states Universities as defined under Eduation Code 61.003 which includes private universities under:

15) "Private or independent institution of higher education" includes only a private or independent college or university that is:(A) organized under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);(B) exempt from taxation under Article VIII, Section 2, of the Texas Constitution and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501); and(C) accredited by:(i) the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;(ii) the Liaison Committee on Medical Education; or(iii) the American Bar Association.

Question: Does this mean private universities cannot opt out?

Please call and/or fax your Representative and ask them to oppose any attempt to remove Senator Wentworth's campus-carry provisions from SB 1581 (the HB 3639 companion).

The result is that it decriminalizes carrying on all institutions of higher education, and prevents the same institutions from adopting any policies against carrying.

Jasonw560 wrote: BTW, Johhny Woodhead is despondent in his tweeting.

aggiedev wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:Can one of you all please explain how Zaff's bill opened the door for Wentworth? I don't fully understand what her bill was all about.

The way I understand it: because it was previously established that SB354 was germane to SB 5, Zaffirini's bill that she killed, once she added SB 5 as an amendment to SB 1581 AND it was determined that SB 5 was germane to SB 1581, by extension SB 354 became germane to SB 1581 where it would not have been before.

In other words, if she hadn't attached her bill SB 5 as amendment 4 to SB 1581, amendment 5 wouldn't have been able to be attached to SB 1581.


Oh, and WHOOP!

Texas Size 11 wrote:I'm not going to lie ladies and gentlemen - I have not been able to follow the issue like I would have liked to due to life happening, but I have email and faxed congress reps left and right and am happy that I may have been heard. Can one of you all please explain how Zaff's bill opened the door for Wentworth? I don't fully understand what her bill was all about.

I appreciate the upcoming replies...

Wentworth said afterward he is more hopeful today than he was a couple of hours ago. "When I submitted my amendment, I told them to hold it and submit it only after Senator Zaffirini's amendment was adopted," he said. "The fact is that without that, it would not have [passed]."

Hoi Polloi wrote:Does this mean there was no private school opt-out?

I'm just catching up for today. IIRC, to make it germane to Zaff's bill, he couldn't have the private school opt-out. I'm wondering if that carried over.

SC1903A3 wrote:I absolutely love Texas politics!!!!