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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of the Texas School Safety |
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Center and the terms of certain members of the board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.203(a), Education Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 258 (S.B. 11) and 263 (S.B. 103), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The center is advised by a board of directors composed |
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of: |
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(1) the attorney general, or the attorney general's |
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designee; |
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(2) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; |
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(3) the executive director of the Texas Juvenile |
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Probation Commission, or the executive director's designee; |
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(4) the executive commissioner of the Texas Youth |
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Commission, or the executive commissioner's designee; |
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(5) the commissioner of the Department of State Health |
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Services, or the commissioner's designee; |
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(6) the commissioner of higher education, or the |
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commissioner's designee; and |
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(7) the following members appointed by the governor |
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with the advice and consent of the senate: |
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(A) a juvenile court judge; |
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(B) a member of a school district's board of |
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trustees; |
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(C) an administrator of a public primary school; |
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(D) an administrator of a public secondary |
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school; |
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(E) a member of the state parent-teacher |
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association; |
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(F) a teacher from a public primary or secondary |
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school; |
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(G) a public school superintendent who is a |
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member of the Texas Association of School Administrators; |
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(H) a school district police officer or a peace |
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officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school; |
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and |
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(I) two members of the public. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.203(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(7) |
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[(a)(6)] serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the |
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members described by Subsections (a)(7)(A)-(E) [(a)(6)(A)-(E)] |
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expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the terms of |
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the members described by Subsections (a)(7)(F)-(I) |
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[(a)(6)(F)-(I)] expiring on February 1 of each even-numbered year. |
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A member may serve more than one term. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |