81R6134 CAE-D
 
  By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1020
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use, exhibition, or possession of a firearm by
  public school students participating in certain school-sponsored
  programs and activities sponsored or supported by the Parks and
  Wildlife Department.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.007, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (k) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (k), a [A] student
  shall be expelled from a school if the student, on school property
  or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on
  or off of school property:
               (1)  uses, exhibits, or possesses:
                     (A)  a firearm as defined by Section 46.01(3),
  Penal Code;
                     (B)  an illegal knife as defined by Section
  46.01(6), Penal Code, or by local policy;
                     (C)  a club as defined by Section 46.01(1), Penal
  Code; or
                     (D)  a weapon listed as a prohibited weapon under
  Section 46.05, Penal Code;
               (2)  engages in conduct that contains the elements of
  the offense of:
                     (A)  aggravated assault under Section 22.02,
  Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, or
  aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code;
                     (B)  arson under Section 28.02, Penal Code;
                     (C)  murder under Section 19.02, Penal Code,
  capital murder under Section 19.03, Penal Code, or criminal
  attempt, under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit murder or
  capital murder;
                     (D)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
  Penal Code;
                     (E)  aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04,
  Penal Code;
                     (F)  aggravated robbery under Section 29.03,
  Penal Code;
                     (G)  manslaughter under Section 19.04, Penal
  Code;
                     (H)  criminally negligent homicide under Section
  19.05, Penal Code; or
                     (I)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
  children under Section 21.02, Penal Code; or
               (3)  engages in conduct specified by Section
  37.006(a)(2)(C) or (D), if the conduct is punishable as a felony.
         (k)  A student may not be expelled solely on the basis of the
  student's use, exhibition, or possession of a firearm that occurs:
               (1)  at an approved target range facility that is not
  located on a school campus; and
               (2)  while participating in or preparing for a
  school-sponsored shooting sports competition or a shooting sports
  educational activity that is sponsored or supported by the Parks
  and Wildlife Department or a shooting sports sanctioning
  organization working with the department.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2009.