81R9769 KKA-D
 
  By: Coleman H.B. No. 2953
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition against the use of a stun gun or taser by
  school district peace officers, security personnel, and other
  employees against elementary, middle, and junior high school
  students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.0811 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.0811.  USE OF STUN GUN OR TASER AGAINST CERTAIN
  STUDENTS PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Stun gun" has the meaning assigned by Section
  38.14, Penal Code.
               (2)  "Taser" means a device that is intended, designed,
  made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by inflicting an
  electrical charge through the emission of a projectile or
  conductive stream.
         (b)  The board of trustees of a school district shall
  prohibit school district peace officers, security personnel, and
  other employees from using a stun gun or taser to subdue an
  elementary, middle, or junior high school student on school
  property or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related
  activity off of school property.
         SECTION 2.  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.