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House Bill 103 |
House Author: Landgraf et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini et al. |
House Bill 103, the Leilah Hernandez Act, amends the Government Code to establish the Texas Active Shooter Alert System to be activated on report of an active shooter. The bill requires the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to develop and implement the alert system with the cooperation of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the governor's office, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies and designates the public safety director of DPS as the statewide coordinator of the alert system. The bill provides for the recruitment of public and private entity participants and the activation and termination of the alert system by DPS and sets out related requirements for local law enforcement agencies and state agencies, including a conditional requirement for TxDOT to establish a plan for providing relevant active shooter information to the public through an existing system of dynamic message signs. The bill exempts DPS and local law enforcement agencies from liability for failure to activate the alert system.