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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the employment and commissioning of law enforcement |
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personnel to provide security services to certain educational |
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institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.214(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In any municipality with a population of 1.18 million or |
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more according to the last federal census, the governing board of a |
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private, nonprofit medical corporation (or its parent corporation) |
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that provides police or security services for an institution of |
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higher education or a private postsecondary educational |
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institution [and other entities] located within one of its [the
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same] medical complexes [complex], or that provides police or |
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security services for another medical complex legally affiliated |
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with or owned, leased, managed or controlled by the [a branch of
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that] medical corporation, may employ and commission police or |
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security personnel to enforce the law of this state within the |
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jurisdiction designated by Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.214(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The jurisdiction of an officer commissioned under this |
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section is limited to: |
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(1) the property under the control and jurisdiction of |
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the private, nonprofit medical corporation or any entity legally |
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affiliated with or owned, leased, managed[,] or controlled by the |
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medical corporation; [and] |
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(2) a street or alley that abuts the property or an |
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easement in or a right-of-way over or through the property |
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described in subsection (c)(1); and |
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(3) any other location in which the officer is |
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otherwise performing duties assigned to the officer by the private, |
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nonprofit medical corporation (or its parent corporation), |
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regardless of whether the officer is on property under the control |
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and jurisdiction of the private, nonprofit medical corporation, but |
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provided these duties are consistent with the mission of the |
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private, nonprofit medical corporation and are being performed |
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within a county in which the private, nonprofit medical corporation |
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owns real property. |
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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. |