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2005S0433-1  03/03/05


By:  Shapiro                                                      S.B. No. 1004


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the oversight and financing of the Texas School Safety 
Center.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 37.203, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The center is advised [governed] by a board of directors 
composed of:
		(1)  the attorney general, or the attorney general's 
designee;              
		(2)  the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;                        
		(3)  the executive director of the Texas Juvenile 
Probation Commission, or the executive director's designee;
		(4)  the executive director of the Texas Youth 
Commission, or the executive director's designee;
		(5)  the commissioner of the Texas Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation, or the commissioner's designee; and
		(6)  the following members appointed by the governor 
with the advice and consent of the senate:
			(A)  a juvenile court judge;                                                 
			(B)  a member of a school district's board of 
trustees;                    
			(C)  an administrator of a public primary school;                            
			(D)  an administrator of a public secondary 
school;                        
			(E)  a member of the state parent-teacher 
association;                     
			(F)  a teacher from a public primary or secondary 
school;                  
			(G)  a public school superintendent who is a 
member of the Texas Association of School Administrators;
			(H)  a school district police officer or a peace 
officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school; 
and
			(I)  two members of the public.                                              
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 37.215, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The center [board] shall biannually prepare a budget 
request [for the center] for submission to the legislature.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.