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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a |
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school marshal. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0811(d), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
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Subsection (c): |
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(1) must: |
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(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to |
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[may] carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person; |
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and |
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(B) [as described by Subsection (c), except that
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if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct
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contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed
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handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a
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school in a locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate
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reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty.
The written
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regulations must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed |
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by [or within access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with |
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frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas |
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Commission on Law Enforcement; and |
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(2) may not require a school marshal to store the |
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handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on |
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duty. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.0813(d), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
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Subsection (c) must: |
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(1) provide that a school marshal may carry a |
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concealed handgun as described by Subsection (c); and |
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(2) [, except that if the primary duty of the school
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marshal involves regular, direct contact with students in a
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classroom setting, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun
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but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school in a
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locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when
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conducting the marshal's primary duty.
The written regulations
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must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within
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access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with frangible duty |
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ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law |
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Enforcement. |
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SECTION 3. Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
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Subsection (d): |
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(1) must: |
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(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to |
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[may] carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person; |
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and |
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(B) [as described by Subsection (d), except that
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if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct
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contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed
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handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a
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public junior college campus in a locked and secured safe within the
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marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary
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duty.
The written regulations must also] require that a handgun |
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carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal [may] |
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be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that |
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purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and |
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(2) may not require a school marshal to store the |
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handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on |
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duty. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2019. |