By:  Brown of Brazos                                              H.B. No. 2117



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the protection of students and employees from acts of 
violence on campus by another student or employee at a 
state-supported institution of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  SUBCHAPTER E-1, Chapter 51, Education Code is 
amended by adding section 51.245 to read as follows.
	Sec. 51.245.  THREATENED ACTS OF VIOLENCE BY A STUDENT OR 
EMPLOYEE.  If the chief administrative officer of a state-supported 
institution of higher education or his designee determines that an 
individual student or employee constitutes a substantial and 
material threat to human life on campus, the chief administrative 
officer or his designee shall take every reasonable precaution to 
protect students and employees threatened with an act of violence 
by another student or employee.  A student or employee who is 
determined to be a substantial and material threat to human life on 
campus may be removed from campus.  Each state-supported 
institution of higher education shall develop a procedure for 
implementing this section, which shall include adequate due process 
for any student or employee affected by this section.
	SECTION 2.  This act takes effect immediately it receives a 
vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.