By Olivo H.B. No. 3471 76R7668 BDH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the issuance of certain citations to public school 1-3 students. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 37.0811 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 37.0811. ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN CITATIONS PROHIBITED. 1-8 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school 1-9 district peace officer or other peace officer may not issue a 1-10 citation to a student for disruptive behavior, including a 1-11 violation of a student code of conduct, if the student's behavior 1-12 is not punishable under the Penal Code. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-14 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-15 only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 1999. For the 1-16 purposes of this section, an offense is committed before September 1-17 1, 1999, if any element of the offense occurs before the effective 1-18 date. 1-19 (b) An offense committed before September 1, 1999, is 1-20 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and 1-21 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.