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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. Subsections (a), (c), (d), (f), and (g), Section |
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51.214, Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In any municipality with a population of 1.18 million or |
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more, the governing board of a private, nonprofit medical |
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corporation, or of the parent corporation of such medical |
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corporation, that provides police or security services for an |
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institution of higher education or a private postsecondary |
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educational institution [and other entities] located within one of |
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the medical corporation's or parent corporation's [the same] |
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medical complexes [complex], or that provides police or security |
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services for another medical complex legally affiliated with or |
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owned, leased, managed, or controlled by the [a branch of that] |
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medical corporation or parent corporation, may employ and |
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commission police or security personnel to enforce the law of this |
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state within the jurisdiction designated by Subsection (c). |
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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) property under the control and jurisdiction of the |
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private, nonprofit medical corporation or its parent corporation or |
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any entity legally affiliated with or owned, leased, managed, or |
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controlled by the medical corporation or its parent corporation; |
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[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 by Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) any other location in which the officer is |
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performing duties assigned to the officer by the private, nonprofit |
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medical corporation or its parent corporation, regardless of |
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whether the officer is on property under the control and |
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jurisdiction of the medical corporation or its parent corporation, |
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provided that the assigned duties are consistent with the mission |
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of the medical corporation or its parent corporation and are being |
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performed within a county in which the medical corporation or its |
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parent corporation owns real property. |
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(d) An officer commissioned [by a medical corporation] |
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under this section is not entitled to compensation or benefits |
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provided by this state or a political subdivision of this state. |
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(f) A [medical corporation may not commission a] person may |
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not be commissioned under this section unless the person obtains a |
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peace officer license issued by the Commission on Law Enforcement |
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Officer Standards and Education. The employing medical corporation |
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or parent corporation shall pay to the Commission on Law |
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Enforcement Officer Standards and Education on behalf of an |
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employee any fees that are necessary to obtain a required license. |
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(g) A person's commission and any authority to act as an |
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officer under this section are automatically revoked if the |
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person's employment [with a medical corporation] is terminated for |
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any reason. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |
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