一般信息

In June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 11 (SB11), often referred to as the “Campus Carry” bill. This bill amends current law by authorizing holders of concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) to carry concealed handguns in the buildings of institutions of higher education. The law takes effect Aug. 1, 2016.

法律的关键规定包括以下内容。

• 法律允许onlyholders of CHLs licenses to carry暗手枪。长枪（例如步枪和shot弹枪）不允许，任何人公开携带任何类型的枪支在大学建筑中都是非法的。CHL的持有人必须至少21岁，并完成批准的培训课程。
• 大学校长可以采用解决校园内隐藏手枪的规则，但法律要求他们在制定规则之前与学生，教职员工咨询。
• 总统制定的规则可以指定某些校园地点是隐藏手枪的排除区域不是allowed. However, the law states that exclusion zones may not “generally prohibit or have the effect of generally prohibiting” campus carry by CHL holders.
• Final rules for implementation must be widely publicized and appropriate signage posted.

The full text of the bill may be found athttp://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/SB00011F.htm.

UT System Actions

The University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven has asked all campuses in the UT System to develop working groups to solicit input from students, faculty, staff and other constituents and assist presidents to develop rules for their campuses.

The chancellor has also formed a UT System working group led by David E. Daniel, Ph.D., deputy chancellor. UTHealth President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D., has named George M. Stancel, Ph.D., executive vice president for Academic and Research Affairs, to represent UTHealth on the System working group and to chair our campus working group. The System working group has already begun weekly meetings via teleconference.

到2015年12月4日，总统将向系统领导地提交初步校园计划。在考虑了系统反馈之后，总统将在2015年12月18日之前提交最终计划。2016年2月，董事会将审查校园计划，董事会可以通过三分之二的投票进行修改。最终实施必须在2016年8月1日之前完成。

Uthealth计划

Stancel is assembling the UTHealth working group to develop recommendations for Colasurdo. Membership will include representatives from the Inter-Faculty Council (IFC), Student InterCouncil (SIC), the Classified Staff Council (CSC), the University of Texas Police Department at Houston, Environmental Health and Safety and other university offices. The composition of the working group will be posted in the Safety & Security section of在犹他Health, the university’s campus-wide intranet. The UTHealth working group will be in close communication with the Texas Medical Center, Harris Health System, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System and other affiliates to coordinate planning.

Beginning next week, the Safety & Security section of Inside UTHealth will contain periodic updates from the UT System and UTHealth working groups, and list of FAQs.

作为Intranet提供的每个“校园携带”更新的一部分，学生，教职员工将有机会提交评论，包括有关实施校园携带条款的支持和建议，以及有关排除区的建议。市政厅会议还计划接收Uthealth社区的反馈。