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Exposed D I D YOU KNOW? Corporations VOTED to adopt this. Through ALEC, global companies ALEC EXPOSED Search ABOUT GO MEMBERS LOGIN | LOGOUT | HOME | JOIN ALEC | CONTACT EVENTS & MEETINGS “ALEC” NEWShas long been a secretive collaboration between BigLegislation Business and Model “conservative” politicians. Civil Justice Behind closed doors, they ghostwrite “model” bills to Commerce, Insurance, and Economic be introduced in state Development capitols across the country. This agenda--underwritten Education by global corporations-Energy, includes majorEnvironment, tax and Agriculture loopholes for big industries and the super rich, Federal Relations proposals to offshore U.S. Health Human jobs and gut and minimum wage,Services and efforts to weaken public health, International Relations safety, and environmental Public Although Safety andmany protections. Elections of these bills have become law, until now, their origin Tax and Fiscal Policy has been largely unknown. With ALEC EXPOSED, the Telecommunications Centerand forInformation Media and Technology Democracy hopes more Americans will study the Print this the Page bills to understand depth and Text-Only breadth Page of how big corporations are Email this rules Page changing the legal and undermining democracy across the nation. ALEC’s’Corporate Board By the Center for Media and Democracy www.prwatch.org Home work as “equals” in “unison” with politicians to write laws to govern your life. Big MODEL LEGISLATION ALEC INITIATIVES PUBLICATIONS Business has “a VOICE TASK and aFORCES VOTE,” according to newly exposed documents. DO YOU? Model Legislation Public Safety and Elections Did you know the NRA--the National Rifle Association-was the corporate co-chair in 2011? Campus Personal Protection Act Summary This Act amends state criminal codes and concealed carry laws to remove prohibitions on the possession or carrying of handguns on the campuses of postsecondary educational institutions by individuals issued valid licenses to carry concealed handguns. Also limits the application of rules and regulations established by governing boards of postsecondary educational institutions on the possession of firearms on campuses by individuals issued valid licenses to carry concealed handguns. Model Legislation Section 1. (if necessary) Repeal or amend appropriate section of Penal Code or Criminal Code of [insert state name] prohibiting the possession of firearms on school grounds to allow persons issued valid concealed handgun permits recognized by the State of [insert name] to lawfully transport and carry a concealed handgun on a college, university or postsecondary vocational-technical school campus in this state. Section 2. (if necessary) Repeal or amend appropriate section of Concealed Handgun Act of [insert state name] prohibiting the carrying of handguns by permit holders on school grounds to allow persons issued valid concealed handgun permits recognized by the State of [insert name] to lawfully transport and carry a concealed handgun on a college, university or postsecondary vocational-technical school campus in this state. --in recent past or present • AT&T Services, Inc. • centerpoint360 • UPS • Bayer Corporation • GlaxoSmithKline • Energy Future Holdings • Johnson & Johnson • Coca-Cola Company • PhRMA • Kraft Foods, Inc. • Coca-Cola Co. • Pfizer Inc. • Reed Elsevier, Inc. • DIAGEO • Peabody Energy • Intuit, Inc. • Koch Industries, Inc. • ExxonMobil • Verizon • Reynolds American Inc. • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. • Salt River Project • Altria Client Services, Inc. • American Bail Coalition • State Farm Insurance For more on these corporations, search at www.SourceWatch.org. Section 3. No governing body of a college or university or postsecondary vocational- technical school shall have the authority to establish rules or regulations limiting or abridging the ability of a person issued a valid concealed handgun permit recognized by this state to lawfully carry a concealed handgun on its campus. However, governing bodies of educational institutions may establish rules or regulations relating to the storage of firearms in campus dormitories. Adopted by the Criminal Justice & Homeland Security Task Force at the Spring Task Force Summit, May 17, 2008. Approved by the full ALEC Board of Directors June 2008. About Members Login Logout Events & Meetings About Us andModel ALEC EXPOSED. The Center for Media and Democracy reports on corporateHome spin and government Legislation Task Forces ALEC Initiatives Publications propaganda.! We are located in Madison, Wisconsin, and publish www.PRWatch.org, www.SourceWatch.org, Join ALEC Contact News and now www.ALECexposed.org. For more information contact: editor@prwatch.org or 608-260-9713.