86R9800 TSS-F
 
  By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2328
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the training requirements for and the expiration of a
  school marshal license issued or renewed by the Texas Commission on
  Law Enforcement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (g) and (h) to
  read as follows:
         (c-1)  The training program may include up to 40 hours of
  instruction through an online course from a provider approved by
  the commission.
         (g)  A person's license under this section expires on August
  1 following [the first birthday of the person occurring after] the
  second anniversary of the date the commission licenses the person.
  A renewed school marshal license expires on August 1 [the person's
  birth date], two years after the expiration of the previous
  license.
         (h)  A person may renew the school marshal license under this
  section by:
               (1)  successfully completing a renewal course designed
  and administered by the commission, which such license renewal
  training will not exceed 10 [16] hours combined of classroom and
  simulation training;
               (2)  demonstrating appropriate knowledge on an
  examination designed and administered by the commission;
               (3)  demonstrating handgun proficiency to the
  satisfaction of the commission staff; and
               (4)  demonstrating psychological fitness on the
  examination described in Subsection (d).
         SECTION 2.  (a) A license issued or renewed before the
  effective date of this Act expires on August 1 following the second
  anniversary of the date the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
  issued or renewed the previous license.
         (b)  The change in law made by amending Section 1701.260(h),
  Occupations Code, applies to a school marshal license renewal
  training course for a license that expires on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.