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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to |
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employ security personnel, commission peace officers, and have |
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school resource officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.104, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The governing body of an open-enrollment charter |
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school may: |
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(1) employ security personnel and commission peace |
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officers in the same manner as a board of trustees of a school |
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district under Section 37.081; and |
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(2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a |
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local law enforcement agency to assign a school resource officer, |
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as that term is defined by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code, to |
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the school. |
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(a-2) A reference in law to a peace officer commissioned |
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under Section 37.081 includes a peace officer commissioned by an |
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open-enrollment charter school in accordance with Subsection |
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(a-1), and a charter school peace officer has the same powers, |
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duties, and immunities as a peace officer commissioned under that |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |