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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested:September 13, 2021 N/A Requested By:Corby Alexander, City Manager Source of Funds: Department:Administration/CMO N/A Account Number: N/A Amount Budgeted: ReportResolutionOrdinance N/A Amount Requested: Exhibits:Proposed Resolution2021-56 Budgeted Item:YesNo Resolution 2016-06 H.B.1927 SUMMARY& RECOMMENDATION On September 1, 2021, the Firearm Carry Act of 2021 (also known as H.B. 1927) became law andTexas Penal Code Sec. 46.03(14), prohibits a unlicensed handgun ownerfrom intentionallycarrying meeting of the governmental entity is held, if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter . H.B. 1927, provides that a person may provide notice that a firearm and other weapons are prohibited under Sec. 46.03 of the Penal Code on the premises by posting a sign at the entrance to the premises that includes language that is identical or substantially similar to the following: "Pursuant to Section 46.03, Penal Code (places weapons prohibited), a person may not carry a firearm or other weapon on this property", and which is in both English and Spanish, appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height, and is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public. The La PorteCity Council votedto post a sign meeting the requirements of Texas Penal Code Sec. 46.15(o) at the entrance to the La Porte City Council Chambers when a meeting of the City Council and/or its boards, commissions, and committees properly noticed in accordance with the Open Meetings Act is held, so as to alert members of the public that under state law persons may not bring a handgun to meetings of the governmental entity. These signs have been installed. H.B. 1927 repealed Texas Penal Code Sec. 46.035 in its entirety, whichauthorized a governmental entity to elect to prohibit the carrying of handguns by persons licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code in the room or rooms where a meeting of the governmental entity is held, by providing notice under Texas Penal Code Section 30.06 and/or 30.07. This is the sign that staff had been placing outside of the Council Chambers before each public meeting.Resolution 2016-06 prohibited the open carrying of firearm by someone with a license to carry.The repeal of Sec. 46.035 means