Bill Text: TX SB1970 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the mailing of passenger items prohibited beyond an airport's security screening to the passenger's residence; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB1970 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1970-Introduced.html

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87R3179 CXP-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1970

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the mailing of passenger items prohibited beyond an
airport's security screening to the passenger's residence;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 22.028 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.028. MAILING OF PROHIBITED ITEMS TO PASSENGER'S
RESIDENCE. (a) An operator of an airport under this chapter:
(1) shall provide passengers the option to mail to
their residence an item prohibited beyond the airport's security
screening; and
(2) may charge a passenger a fee to mail the item in an
amount not to exceed $30 plus the cost of mailing the item.
(b) This section does not apply to an item that is:
(1) seized in connection with an alleged offense; or
(2) prohibited from being shipped by United States
mail.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.