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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to drug or alcohol overdose awareness and response |
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training for residential advisors and officers of student |
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organizations at public or private institutions of higher |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9362 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9362. DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS TRAINING FOR |
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RESIDENTIAL ADVISORS AND STUDENT ORGANIZATION OFFICERS. (a) In |
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this section: |
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(1) "Public or private institution of higher |
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education" includes an "institution of higher education" and a |
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"private or independent institution of higher education," as those |
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terms are defined by Section 61.003. |
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(2) "Residential advisor" means a student who is |
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employed by a public or private institution of higher education to |
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serve in an advisory capacity for students living in a residential |
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facility. |
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(3) "Residential facility" means a residence used |
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exclusively for housing or boarding students or faculty of a public |
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or private institution of higher education. |
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(4) "Student organization" includes any organization |
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that is composed mostly of students enrolled at a public or private |
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institution of higher education and that: |
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(A) is registered with the institution; |
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(B) receives student organization resource fee |
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revenues or other funding from the institution; or |
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(C) is otherwise recognized as a student |
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organization by the institution. |
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(b) A public or private institution of higher education that |
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imposes any mandatory training requirements on residential |
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advisors or officers of student organizations must ensure that drug |
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and alcohol overdose awareness and appropriate response training is |
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included with that training. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with training |
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required for the 2019-2020 academic year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |