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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the employment of armed commissioned security officers |
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as school district security personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.081(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ |
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security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding with a |
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local law enforcement agency for the provision of school resource |
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officers, and commission peace officers to carry out this |
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subchapter. If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed as |
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security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a |
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commissioned peace officer or a commissioned security officer |
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licensed under Subchapter G, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, who |
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has completed the training program provided under Section 1701.260, |
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Occupations Code. The jurisdiction of a peace officer, a school |
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resource officer, or security personnel under this section shall be |
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determined by the board of trustees and may include all territory in |
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the boundaries of the school district and all property outside the |
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boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or rented by or |
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otherwise under the control of the school district and the board of |
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trustees that employ the peace officer or security personnel or |
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that enter into a memorandum of understanding for the provision of a |
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school resource officer. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |