AI-assisted research summary: A political subdivision may offer temporary secure storage for weapons in buildings where weapons are prohibited, and must keep the weapons locked and monitored by a designated employee.
Sec. 365.004. TEMPORARY SECURE WEAPON STORAGE ADMINISTERED BY EMPLOYEE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) A political subdivision may provide temporary secure weapon storage operated by a designated employee of the political subdivision for a building or portion of a building in which weapons are prohibited. (b) The weapons in temporary secure weapon storage must be held in a safe, locker, or other location that is locked and accessible only to the designated employee. (c) If a person chooses to give to the designated employee the person's weapon for temporary secure storage, the employee shall: (1) securely affix a claim tag to the weapon; (2) provide the person with a claim receipt for reclaiming the weapon; (3) record the person's name, the number of the person's driver's license or other form of identification, and the person's telephone number; and (4) if designated by the person placing the weapon in temporary secure weapon storage, record the name of an alternate person to whom the weapon may be released if the person is not able to reclaim the person's weapon before the 30th day after the date the weapon was placed in storage. (d) A person may reclaim the person's weapon by showing the designated employee operating the temporary secure weapon storage: (1) the claim receipt given to the person at the time the weapon was placed in temporary secure storage; or (2) the person's driver's license or other form of identification. (e) A political subdivision that provides temporary secure weapon storage under this section shall ensure that: (1) the temporary secure weapon storage is available and monitored by a designated employee of the political subdivision at all times that the building or portion of the building is open to the public; and (2) a person who is choosing to place the weapon in storage or retrieving the weapon from storage is not required to wait more than a reasonable period. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.