1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted 1-3 during the performance of the teacher's regular duties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-7 (c) For purposes of Subsection (b), an employee of a school 1-8 district is physically assaulted if the person engaging in the 1-9 conduct causing injury to the employee: 1-10 (1) could be prosecuted for assault; or 1-11 (2) could not be prosecuted for assault only because 1-12 the person's age or mental capacity makes the person a 1-13 nonresponsible person for purposes of criminal liability. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 1-15 school year. 1-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1188 was passed by the House on April 24, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1188 on May 24, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1188 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor