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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor