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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain private institutions of higher |
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education to enter into mutual assistance agreements regarding the |
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enforcement of state or local law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 51.2125(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a private institution of |
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higher education that [has a fall head count enrollment of more than
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10,000 students and that] has under its control and jurisdiction |
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property that is contiguous to, or located in any part within the |
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boundaries of, a home-rule municipality that has [with] a |
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population of 1.18 million or more and is located predominantly in a |
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county that has a total area of less than 1,000 square miles [than
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one million]. For purposes of this section, a private institution |
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of higher education is a private or independent institution of |
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higher education as defined by Section 61.003. |
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(c) A mutual assistance agreement authorized by this |
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section may designate the geographic area in which the campus peace |
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officers are authorized to provide assistance to the peace officers |
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of the municipality, except that if the agreement is entered into |
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with a municipality described by Subsection (a) that elects all or |
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part of the municipality's governing body from election districts |
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[with a population of more than one million], the designated |
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geographic area consists of each of the election districts of the |
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municipality's governing body that contains any part of the campus |
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of the institution and each of the election districts of the |
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governing body that is contiguous to another municipality that |
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contains any part of the campus of the institution. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |