Amend SB 430 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION ___. (a)  Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter M to read as follows:
            SUBCHAPTER M.  VISITING RESOURCE OFFICER IN
                           PUBLIC SCHOOL
      Sec. 1701.601.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "school
resource officer" means a peace officer who is assigned by the
officer's employing political subdivision to provide:
            (1)  a police presence at a public school;
            (2)  safety or drug education to students of a public
school; or
            (3)  other similar services.
      Sec. 1701.602.  LICENSE REQUIRED. A peace officer who is a
visiting school resource officer in a public school must be
licensed as provided by this chapter.
      Sec. 1701.603.  FIREARMS ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM. (a)  A
peace officer who is a visiting school resource officer in a public
elementary school shall at least once each school year offer to
provide instruction to students in a firearms accident prevention
program, as determined by the school district.
      (b)  A firearms accident prevention program must include the
safety message, "Stop! Don't Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an
Adult.", and may include instructional materials from the National
Rifle Association Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program, including animated
videos and activity books.
      (b)  Sections 1701.602 and 1701.603, Occupations Code, as
added by this SECTION, apply beginning with the 2001-2002 school
year.