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Amend CSSB 1256 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 71.028(b), 
Penal Code, immediately preceding "it is shown beyond a reasonable 
doubt" (page 1, line 26), insert "the actor is 17 years of age or 
older and".
	(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike "The change in law made 
by this Act applies" (page 2, line 4) and substitute "The changes in 
law made by this Act in adding Sections 71.028 and 71.029, Penal 
Code, apply".
	(3)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 2, line 12).                           
	(4)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 37.110 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.110.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES.  The 
superintendent of each public school district and the administrator 
of each private elementary or secondary school located in the 
public school district shall ensure that the student handbook for 
each campus in the public school district includes information on 
gang-free zones and the consequences of engaging in organized 
criminal activity within those zones.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.973 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.973.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES.  The 
governing board of each institution of higher education shall 
ensure that any student handbook or similar publication for the 
institution includes information on gang-free zones and the 
consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within 
those zones.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources 
Code, is amended by adding Section 42.064 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.064.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES.  Each 
day-care center shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the 
executive commissioner, distribute to parents and guardians of 
children who attend the center information on gang-free zones and 
the consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within 
those zones.
	SECTION ____.  The change in law made by this Act in adding 
Section 37.110, Education Code, applies beginning with the public 
school district's 2009-2010 school year.
	SECTION ____.  The change in law made by this Act in adding 
Section 51.973, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2009 
fall semester.
	SECTION ____.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009, 
except that Sections 37.110 and 51.973, Education Code, and Section 
42.064, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, take effect 
immediately if this Act 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, those sections of the Education 
Code and Human Resources Code take effect September 1, 2009.