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By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 461



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to referral of public school students to law enforcement 
officials for violations of an independent school district student 
code of conduct.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 37.023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.023.  LIMITATION ON REFERRAL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIAL FOR VIOLATION OF STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.  A school 
administrator may not refer a student to a law enforcement official 
on the basis of conduct by the student that violates the student 
code of conduct but that the administrator knows or has reason to 
know is not a criminal offense.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if 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, 2005.