88R21053 GCB-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 3623
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a memorandum of understanding between public or private
  primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one
  school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an
  event at which both schools participate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.08131 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.08131.  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PUBLIC
  AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS REGARDING SCHOOL MARSHALS.  (a)  In this
  section, "public or private primary or secondary school" means a
  school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private
  school.
         (b)  A public or private primary or secondary school may
  enter into a memorandum of understanding with another public or
  private primary or secondary school under which a school marshal
  appointed to a campus of the school may temporarily act as a school
  marshal at a campus of the other school for the duration of an event
  occurring at the campus of the other school at which both schools
  are participating. The memorandum of understanding must comply
  with the requirements for written regulations under Section 37.0811
  or 37.0813, as applicable, and may be used to satisfy the
  requirement for written regulations or written authorization under
  Section 46.03(a)(1), Penal Code, to allow that school marshal to
  carry a firearm on the premises of the public or private primary or
  secondary school at which the event occurs.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.