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Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
Filed: 2/26/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 997
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 997 on page 18 by |
| 3 | | replacing lines 17 through 22 with the following:
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| 4 | | "(13) Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, |
| 5 | | limit, or diminish the authority of community colleges, and |
| 6 | | public and private colleges and universities from |
| 7 | | prohibiting, restricting or otherwise regulating firearms |
| 8 | | on or in close proximity to their campuses, grounds and |
| 9 | | other property, including but not limited to sidewalks, |
| 10 | | commons, and highways, owned by the school district, |
| 11 | | community college, or public or private college or |
| 12 | | university or in buildings used in whole or in part for |
| 13 | | housing, classrooms, laboratories, medical clinics, |
| 14 | | hospitals, and artistic, athletic and entertainment |
| 15 | | venues; or on or in property owned, controlled or leased by |
| 16 | | officially recognized student organizations or officially |
| 17 | | recognized university-related organizations. |
| 18 | | Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit or |
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| 1 | | diminish the authority of community colleges, and public |
| 2 | | and private colleges and universities from prohibiting |
| 3 | | persons from carrying a firearm into a vehicle owned, |
| 4 | | leased or controlled by the school districts, community |
| 5 | | colleges, or public or private college or universities |
| 6 | | regardless of where the vehicle travels. School districts, |
| 7 | | community colleges, and public or private colleges or |
| 8 | | universities may develop resolutions, regulations, or |
| 9 | | policies regarding the storage and maintenance of |
| 10 | | firearms, including but not limited to designating areas |
| 11 | | where individuals may park vehicles that carry firearms. |
| 12 | | These resolutions, regulations, or policies may specify |
| 13 | | that persons in violation of the resolutions, regulations, |
| 14 | | or policies may be denied entrance to the campus, grounds, |
| 15 | | building, vehicles or other property and subjected to a |
| 16 | | civil fine of no more than $1,500 for any violation of the |
| 17 | | provisions of the resolution, regulation, or policy. |
| 18 | | Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit, or |
| 19 | | diminish the authority of community colleges, and public or |
| 20 | | private colleges or universities from taking actions |
| 21 | | proscribed by their resolutions, regulations, or policies |
| 22 | | against violations of the resolutions, regulations, or |
| 23 | | policies, which may qualify as student, employee, or |
| 24 | | visitor misconduct and may result in discipline, |
| 25 | | including, but not limited to, expulsion from the school |
| 26 | | district, community college, or public or private college |
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| 1 | | or university, termination of employment or appointment, |
| 2 | | or suspension or banning from the school district, |
| 3 | | community college, or public or private college or |
| 4 | | university campuses, grounds and other property. |
| 5 | | Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit, or |
| 6 | | diminish the authority of community colleges, and public or |
| 7 | | private colleges and universities from permitting the |
| 8 | | carrying or use of firearms for the purposes of instruction |
| 9 | | and curriculum of officially recognized programs, such as |
| 10 | | military science programs. These programs shall be |
| 11 | | authorized by the chief executive officer of the community |
| 12 | | college, or public or private college or university or his |
| 13 | | or her designee.".
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