SRC-JBJ S.B. 1766 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1766
By: Barrientos
Criminal Justice
4/26/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, the boards of trustees of school districts may commission peace
officers to protect students and personnel on school campuses.  However,
the governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf, which operates school
campuses and student residences, does not have the authority to commission
peace officers.  S.B. 1876 would grant the governing board the authority to
commission peace officers. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1766 authorizes the governing board of the Texas School
for the Deaf to commission peace officers. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 30.052, by adding Subsection (a), to authorize
the governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf to employ security
personnel and to commission peace officers in the same manner as a board of
trustees of a school district under Section 37.081, Education Code. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: August 31, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.