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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain persons who enter school district |
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property to display identification. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.022, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A school district may require a person who enters |
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property under the district's control [a district campus] to |
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display the person's driver's license, [or] another form of |
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identification containing the person's photograph issued by a |
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governmental entity, or, if applicable, the person's district |
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employee or student identification card. The person must provide |
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the identification on request. |
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(a-1) A school district may eject a person from district |
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property if: |
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(1) the person refuses or fails to provide on request |
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identification described by Subsection (a); and |
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(2) it reasonably appears that the person has no |
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legitimate reason to be on district property. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school 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, 2023. |