Amend SB 372 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Sections 37.0811(c), (d), and (e), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) A school marshal appointed by the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may carry a concealed handgun or possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school, but only:
(1) in the manner provided by written regulations adopted by the board of trustees or the governing body; and
(2) at a specific school as specified by the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable.
(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (c) must provide that a school marshal may carry a concealed handgun on the school marshal's person or [as described by Subsection (c), except that if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may] possess the [a] handgun on the physical premises of a school in a locked and secured safe or other locked and secured location [within the marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty]. The written regulations must also require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal may be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
(e) A school marshal may use [access] a handgun the school marshal is authorized to carry or possess under this section only under circumstances that would justify the use of deadly force under Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code.
SECTION ____. Sections 37.0813(c), (d), and (e), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) A school marshal appointed by the governing body of a private school may carry a concealed handgun or possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school, but only in the manner provided by written regulations adopted by the governing body.
(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (c) must provide that a school marshal may carry a concealed handgun on the school marshal's person or [as described by Subsection (c), except that if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students in a classroom setting, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may] possess the [a] handgun on the physical premises of a school in a locked and secured safe or other locked and secured location [within the marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty]. The written regulations must also require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal may be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
(e) A school marshal may use [access] a handgun the school marshal is authorized to carry or possess under this section only under circumstances that would justify the use of deadly force under Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code.
SECTION ____. Sections 51.220(d), (e), and (f), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) A school marshal appointed by the governing board of a public junior college may carry a concealed handgun or possess a handgun on the physical premises of a public junior college campus, but only:
(1) in the manner provided by written regulations adopted by the governing board; and
(2) at a specific public junior college campus as specified by the governing board.
(e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (d) must provide that a school marshal may carry a concealed handgun on the school marshal's person or [as described by Subsection (d), except that if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may] possess the [a] handgun on the physical premises of a public junior college campus in a locked and secured safe or other locked and secured location [within the marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty]. The written regulations must also require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal may be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
(f) A school marshal may use [access] a handgun the school marshal is authorized to carry or possess under this section only under circumstances that would justify the use of deadly force under Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code.
SECTION ____. The following provisions of this Act apply beginning with the 2019-2020 school year:
(1) Sections 37.0811(c), (d), and (e), Education Code, as amended by this Act;
(2) Sections 37.0813(c), (d), and (e), Education Code, as amended by this Act; and
(3) Sections 51.220(d), (e), and (f), Education Code, as amended by this Act.