Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 1:25:40 GMT -6
Campus-specific rules for carrying concealed handguns will be considered by the University of Texas System Board of Regents this week — but practically speaking, it might be difficult for the regents to change any of the rules.
Under a state law passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature last year and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, presidents of the state’s public institutions of higher learning were put in charge of writing the rules. Universities’ nine-member governing boards would have to muster at least a two-thirds vote to make any changes.
Still, some UT regents might attempt a tweak or two, particularly with regard to a couple of provisions for the Austin flagship.
UT-Austin appears to stand alone among the state’s more than three dozen public universities with a provision that says a license holder carrying a semi-automatic handgun on campus cannot have a chambered round of ammunition. The purpose is to reduce the possibility of accidental discharges.
Read more: www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/ut-system-regents-unlikely-to-change-campus-carry-/nrJXG/
Under a state law passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature last year and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, presidents of the state’s public institutions of higher learning were put in charge of writing the rules. Universities’ nine-member governing boards would have to muster at least a two-thirds vote to make any changes.
Still, some UT regents might attempt a tweak or two, particularly with regard to a couple of provisions for the Austin flagship.
UT-Austin appears to stand alone among the state’s more than three dozen public universities with a provision that says a license holder carrying a semi-automatic handgun on campus cannot have a chambered round of ammunition. The purpose is to reduce the possibility of accidental discharges.
Read more: www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/ut-system-regents-unlikely-to-change-campus-carry-/nrJXG/