TO: | Honorable Craig Estes, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1857 by Estes (Relating to the certification of certain qualified handgun instructors to conduct school safety training.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Government Code to direct the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to establish a process to enable individuals who possess a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to obtain a school safety training certification. The bill would authorize qualified handgun instructors certified in school safety to provide school safety training to employees of an Independent School District or open-enrollment charter school who possess a valid CHL. The bill would allow DPS to create and adopt rules to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill would direct DPS to establish a fee sufficient to cover the costs of the school safety certification. While the agency has stated the number of CHL instructors who would choose to obtain a school safety certification is indeterminate, the agency assumes the fee revenue required by the bill would offset the costs of implementing the provisions of the bill. The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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LBB Staff: | UP, JAW, SZ, AI
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