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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a pilot program establishing a safe schools unit in the |
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Department of Public Safety. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.0203 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.0203. SAFE SCHOOLS UNIT. (a) The commission shall |
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establish a safe schools unit pilot program in the department for |
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the 2010-2011 school year to provide school districts in counties |
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that participate in the program with information and other |
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assistance concerning the issues of juvenile delinquency, juvenile |
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substance abuse, and other law enforcement issues that affect |
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school districts. |
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(b) Not later than February 1, 2010, the director shall |
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select five counties to participate in the pilot program. The |
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director may select only a county that has a population of less than |
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500,000. At least one of the counties the director selects must |
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have a population of more than 190,000, be located along the |
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southern portion of the border between this state and Mexico, and |
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contain a municipality with a population of more than 175,000. Each |
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school district in a participating county shall participate in the |
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pilot program. |
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(c) The director shall administer the pilot program and |
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adopt rules to implement and administer the program. In adopting |
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rules, the director shall ensure that the pilot program addresses |
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law enforcement issues that affect school districts, including the |
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prevention of and intervention in juvenile delinquency and |
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substance abuse. |
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(d) This section expires August 31, 2011. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the public safety director shall adopt rules as |
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necessary to implement Section 411.0203, Government Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |