By Bernsen S.B. No. 677 77R2857 BDH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a firearms accident prevention program for certain 1-3 public school students. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 29.903 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 29.903. FIREARMS ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM. (a) A 1-8 school district shall adopt a firearms accident prevention program 1-9 for students in prekindergarten through grade six. 1-10 (b) A firearms accident prevention program must include the 1-11 safety message, "Stop! Don't Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an 1-12 Adult.", and may include instructional materials from the National 1-13 Rifle Association Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program, including animated 1-14 videos and activity books. 1-15 SECTION 2. Section 29.903, Education Code, as added by this 1-16 Act, applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year. 1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.