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Perry adds pat-down ban to special session
Associated Press
June 20, 2011
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
Gov. Perry Adds Legislation to Special Session Call Relating to Security Procedures
Rick Perry - Proclamation
June 20, 2011
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-SECOND TEXAS LEGISLATURE, FIRST CALLED SESSION:
WHEREAS, the people of Texas, through their state constitution, have placed the power to call the legislature into special session in the hands of the chief executive officer of the state; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Eighty-Second Texas Legislature, First Called Session, have now convened to consider items presented to them by the governor;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of the State of Texas, by the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 8, and Article III, Section 40, of the Texas Constitution, do hereby present the following subject matter to the Eighty-Second Texas Legislature, First Called Session, for consideration:
Legislation relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have signed my name officially and caused the Seal of the State to be affixed hereto at Austin, this 20th day of June, 2011.
RICK PERRY
Governor of Texas
SOURCE:
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/16304/
Background:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Stalls on Calling Up Anti-TSA Groping Bill to Special Session
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Feds "Mess With Texas," Attack Anti-TSA Bill
Anti-TSA Bill Passes Texas House
Perry adds pat-down ban to special session
Associated Press
June 20, 2011
Gov. Rick Perry has added legislation banning "intrusive" airport security screenings among the items in the special legislative session.
Texas Rep. David Simpson sponsored a bill in the House last month that would make it a criminal offense for officials conducting traveler pat-downs to touch "the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person" including through clothing.
The measure died in the Senate after a threat from federal officials to close airports if it were approved.
Texas Rep. David Simpson sponsored a bill in the House last month that would make it a criminal offense for officials conducting traveler pat-downs to touch "the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person" including through clothing.
The measure died in the Senate after a threat from federal officials to close airports if it were approved.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
Gov. Perry Adds Legislation to Special Session Call Relating to Security Procedures
Rick Perry - Proclamation
June 20, 2011
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-SECOND TEXAS LEGISLATURE, FIRST CALLED SESSION:
WHEREAS, the people of Texas, through their state constitution, have placed the power to call the legislature into special session in the hands of the chief executive officer of the state; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Eighty-Second Texas Legislature, First Called Session, have now convened to consider items presented to them by the governor;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of the State of Texas, by the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section 8, and Article III, Section 40, of the Texas Constitution, do hereby present the following subject matter to the Eighty-Second Texas Legislature, First Called Session, for consideration:
Legislation relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have signed my name officially and caused the Seal of the State to be affixed hereto at Austin, this 20th day of June, 2011.
RICK PERRY
Governor of Texas
SOURCE:
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/16304/
Background:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Stalls on Calling Up Anti-TSA Groping Bill to Special Session
Texas Governor Rick Perry is stalling on calling up SB 29, the anti-TSA groping bill, for the special session, now claiming there is not enough time.
Texas Officials Groped by TSA As Anti-Groping Bill Makes Comeback
High-ranking Texas officials groped by agents with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are sounding off about the scandal in the press, adding more pressure on state lawmakers and Gov. Rick Perry to resurrect a bill criminalizing the invasive measures without probable cause.
Washington Times: "Texas Senators Need to Grow a Backbone"
After federal TSA agents bullied Texas legislators, threatening to end air travel in and out of Texas if its popular anti-TSA bill passed, Senators withdrew the bill.
Feds "Mess With Texas," Attack Anti-TSA Bill
Texas bill H.B. 1937 that would have made Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents liable for sexual assault when groping passengers without probable cause was pulled from the Senate floor after the Department of Justice sent a letter threatening to create what critics called a “no-fly zone” over the state by preventing flights to or from Texas airports. By Alex Newman
Anti-TSA Bill Passes Texas House
The Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed 130-0 a bill that would ban intrusive touching of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation, including the intrusive Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport searches. By Kelly Holt
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