By: Seliger S.B. No. 1191

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2021; March 18, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 19, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of a school resource officer.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1701.601, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1701.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "school resource officer" means a peace officer who is assigned by the officer's employing political subdivision to provide[:

[(1)] a police presence at a public school,[;

[(2)] safety or drug education to students of a public school,[;] or

[(3)] other similar services. The term does not include a peace officer who provides law enforcement at a public school or public school event only for extracurricular activities.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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