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Hey Everyone,
Representative Craig Ford has sponsored HB364 to mandate that employers (public and private) cannot prohibit you from storing firearms in your locked vehicle including handguns for self-defense. The bill is in the Commerce committee and a vote is expected to take place February 24th. Please contact those Commerce committee members and your representatives and urge them to pass this bill. We need this now! I have copied the entire text of the bill below.
HB3641
116625-12
By Representative Ford3
RFD: Commerce 4
First Read: 19-JAN-10 5
Page 0
116625-1:n:01/18/2010:KBH/th LRS2010-4071
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3
4
5
6
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SYNOPSIS: This bill would prohibit a business entity,8
property owner, tenant, or public or private9
employer from establishing policies against persons10
transporting or storing a firearm or ammunition11
when the person is otherwise in compliance with all12
other applicable laws under certain conditions.13
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A BILL15
TO BE ENTITLED16
AN ACT17
18
Relating to firearms or ammunition in motor19
vehicles; to prohibit a business entity, property owner,20
tenant, or public or private employer from establishing21
policies against persons transporting or storing a firearm or22
ammunition when the person is otherwise in compliance with all23
other applicable laws under certain conditions.24
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:25
Section 1. The Alabama Legislature finds that:26
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(1) Section 26 of the Official Recompilation of the1
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the Second2
Amendment to the United States Constitution, protect the right3
of an individual to bear arms in self-defense, and this right4
is a fundamental right derived from the inherent principle of5
self-preservation of individuals who have a need to protect6
themselves in both their homes and in their movements7
throughout this state.8
(2) The enjoyment of this right would be impaired if9
individuals were deprived of the means of self-defense in10
their personal motor vehicles.11
(3) Individuals are deprived of the means of12
self-defense in their personal motor vehicles when property13
owners, tenants, employers, or business entities forbid their14
invitees, customers, employees, and others who are lawfully15
permitted on their property to possess and store firearms in a16
locked and privately owned motor vehicle.17
(4) A locked and privately owned motor vehicle of an18
individual is not a public space and an individual has a right19
to furnish his or her motor vehicle with items that the20
individual may legally possess and that enhance the comfort,21
security, ease of movement, and enjoyment of liberty of the22
individual.23
(5) Property owners, tenants, employers, or business24
entities that allow privately owned motor vehicles on their25
property are not unduly burdened by the presence of legally26
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possessed items that the owner of the motor vehicle has1
secured out of sight within the motor vehicle.2
(6) The passage of this act is for the benefit and3
protection of those individuals who choose to exercise and4
enforce their fundamental right to bear arms in self-defense5
in their movements throughout this state, including in their6
personal motor vehicles.7
Section 2. (a) A business entity, property owner,8
tenant, or public or private employer may not establish,9
maintain, or enforce a policy or rule that prohibits or has10
the effect of prohibiting a person from transporting or11
storing a firearm or ammunition when the person is otherwise12
in compliance with all other applicable laws and the firearm13
or ammunition is locked out of sight within the trunk, glove14
box, or other enclosed compartment or area within or on a15
privately owned motor vehicle.16
(b) Any policy or rule that is established or17
maintained in violation of subsection (a), or the attempted18
enforcement of any policy or rule in violation of subsection19
(a) is contrary to public policy, null and void, and without20
legal force or effect.21
(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a motor22
vehicle that is owned by a business entity, property owner, or23
employer while it is being used by agents or employees of the24
business entity, property owner, or employer in the course of25
their employment or facilities, lands, or property owned,26
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operated, or controlled by any entity engaged in the1
generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity.2
Section 3. This act shall become effective on the3
first day of the third month following its passage and4
approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.5
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Hey Everyone,
Representative Craig Ford has sponsored HB364 to mandate that employers (public and private) cannot prohibit you from storing firearms in your locked vehicle including handguns for self-defense. The bill is in the Commerce committee and a vote is expected to take place February 24th. Please contact those Commerce committee members and your representatives and urge them to pass this bill. We need this now! I have copied the entire text of the bill below.
HB3641
116625-12
By Representative Ford3
RFD: Commerce 4
First Read: 19-JAN-10 5
Page 0
116625-1:n:01/18/2010:KBH/th LRS2010-4071
2
3
4
5
6
7
SYNOPSIS: This bill would prohibit a business entity,8
property owner, tenant, or public or private9
employer from establishing policies against persons10
transporting or storing a firearm or ammunition11
when the person is otherwise in compliance with all12
other applicable laws under certain conditions.13
14
A BILL15
TO BE ENTITLED16
AN ACT17
18
Relating to firearms or ammunition in motor19
vehicles; to prohibit a business entity, property owner,20
tenant, or public or private employer from establishing21
policies against persons transporting or storing a firearm or22
ammunition when the person is otherwise in compliance with all23
other applicable laws under certain conditions.24
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:25
Section 1. The Alabama Legislature finds that:26
Page 1
(1) Section 26 of the Official Recompilation of the1
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the Second2
Amendment to the United States Constitution, protect the right3
of an individual to bear arms in self-defense, and this right4
is a fundamental right derived from the inherent principle of5
self-preservation of individuals who have a need to protect6
themselves in both their homes and in their movements7
throughout this state.8
(2) The enjoyment of this right would be impaired if9
individuals were deprived of the means of self-defense in10
their personal motor vehicles.11
(3) Individuals are deprived of the means of12
self-defense in their personal motor vehicles when property13
owners, tenants, employers, or business entities forbid their14
invitees, customers, employees, and others who are lawfully15
permitted on their property to possess and store firearms in a16
locked and privately owned motor vehicle.17
(4) A locked and privately owned motor vehicle of an18
individual is not a public space and an individual has a right19
to furnish his or her motor vehicle with items that the20
individual may legally possess and that enhance the comfort,21
security, ease of movement, and enjoyment of liberty of the22
individual.23
(5) Property owners, tenants, employers, or business24
entities that allow privately owned motor vehicles on their25
property are not unduly burdened by the presence of legally26
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possessed items that the owner of the motor vehicle has1
secured out of sight within the motor vehicle.2
(6) The passage of this act is for the benefit and3
protection of those individuals who choose to exercise and4
enforce their fundamental right to bear arms in self-defense5
in their movements throughout this state, including in their6
personal motor vehicles.7
Section 2. (a) A business entity, property owner,8
tenant, or public or private employer may not establish,9
maintain, or enforce a policy or rule that prohibits or has10
the effect of prohibiting a person from transporting or11
storing a firearm or ammunition when the person is otherwise12
in compliance with all other applicable laws and the firearm13
or ammunition is locked out of sight within the trunk, glove14
box, or other enclosed compartment or area within or on a15
privately owned motor vehicle.16
(b) Any policy or rule that is established or17
maintained in violation of subsection (a), or the attempted18
enforcement of any policy or rule in violation of subsection19
(a) is contrary to public policy, null and void, and without20
legal force or effect.21
(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a motor22
vehicle that is owned by a business entity, property owner, or23
employer while it is being used by agents or employees of the24
business entity, property owner, or employer in the course of25
their employment or facilities, lands, or property owned,26
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operated, or controlled by any entity engaged in the1
generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity.2
Section 3. This act shall become effective on the3
first day of the third month following its passage and4
approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.5
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