88R14168 PRL-D
 
  By: Isaac, Troxclair, Canales, Dorazio, H.B. No. 4470
      Frazier, et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to school marshals, including eligibility for appointment
  as a school marshal, and licensure and training requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 2.127(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A person may not serve as a school marshal unless the
  person is:
               (1)  either:
                     (A)  licensed under Section 1701.260, Occupations
  Code; or
                     (B)  a school volunteer who is:
                           (i)  an honorably discharged veteran or
  active duty member of the armed forces of the United States;
                           (ii)  a peace officer;
                           (iii)  a reserve law enforcement officer, as
  defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or
                           (iv)  a retired peace officer, as defined by
  Section 1701.3161, Occupations Code; and
               (2)  appointed by:
                     (A)  the board of trustees of a school district or
  the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school under
  Section 37.0811, Education Code;
                     (B)  the governing body of a private school under
  Section 37.0813, Education Code; or
                     (C)  the governing board of a public junior
  college under Section 51.220, Education Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (b), (f), and (h) and adding Subsection (b-1)
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The board of trustees of a school district or the
  governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may select for
  appointment as a school marshal under this section an applicant who
  is either:
               (1)  an employee of the school district or
  open-enrollment charter school and certified as eligible for
  appointment under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code; or
               (2)  a school district or open-enrollment charter
  school volunteer who is:
                     (A)  an honorably discharged veteran or active
  duty member of the armed forces of the United States;
                     (B)  a peace officer;
                     (C)  a reserve law enforcement officer, as defined
  by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or
                     (D)  a retired peace officer, as defined by
  Section 1701.3161, Occupations Code.
         (b-1)  The board of trustees of a school district or the
  governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may, but shall
  not be required to, reimburse the amount paid by an [the] applicant
  for appointment as a school marshal to participate in the training
  program under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code [that section].
         (f)  A person's [school district or charter school
  employee's] status as a school marshal becomes inactive on:
               (1)  expiration of the person's [employee's] school
  marshal license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, if the
  person is required to hold that license as a condition of the
  person's school marshal license;
               (2)  suspension or revocation of the person's
  [employee's] license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H,
  Chapter 411, Government Code, if the person is required to hold that
  license as a condition of the person's school marshal license under
  Section 1701.260, Occupations Code;
               (3)  termination of the person's [employee's]
  employment or volunteer service, as applicable, with the district
  or charter school; or
               (4)  notice from the board of trustees of the district
  or the governing body of the charter school that the person's
  [employee's] services as school marshal are no longer required.
         (h)  If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a school
  inquires in writing, the school district or open-enrollment charter
  school shall provide the parent or guardian written notice
  indicating whether any person [employee of the school] is currently
  appointed a school marshal. The notice may not disclose
  information that is confidential under Subsection (g).
         SECTION 3.  Sections 37.0813(b), (f), and (h), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The governing body of a private school may select for
  appointment as a school marshal under this section an applicant who
  is either:
               (1)  an employee of the school and certified as
  eligible for appointment under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code;
  or
               (2)  a school volunteer who is:
                     (A)  an honorably discharged veteran or active
  duty member of the armed forces of the United States;
                     (B)  a peace officer;
                     (C)  a reserve law enforcement officer, as defined
  by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or
                     (D)  a retired peace officer, as defined by
  Section 1701.3161, Occupations Code.
         (f)  A person's [private school employee's] status as a
  school marshal becomes inactive on:
               (1)  expiration of the person's [employee's] school
  marshal license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, if the
  person is required to hold that license as a condition of the
  person's school marshal license;
               (2)  suspension or revocation of the person's
  [employee's] license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H,
  Chapter 411, Government Code, if the person is required to hold that
  license as a condition of the person's school marshal license under
  Section 1701.260, Occupations Code;
               (3)  termination of the person's [employee's]
  employment or volunteer service, as applicable, with the private
  school; or
               (4)  notice from the governing body that the person's
  [employee's] services as school marshal are no longer required.
         (h)  If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a
  private school inquires in writing, the school shall provide the
  parent or guardian written notice indicating whether any person
  [employee of the school] is currently appointed a school marshal.
  The notice may not disclose information that is confidential under
  Subsection (g).
         SECTION 4.  Section 51.220, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (c), (g), and (i) and adding Subsection (c-1)
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The governing board of a public junior college may
  select for appointment as a school marshal under this section an
  applicant who is either:
               (1)  an employee of the public junior college and
  certified as eligible for appointment under Section 1701.260,
  Occupations Code; or
               (2)  a volunteer of the public junior college who is:
                     (A)  an honorably discharged veteran or active
  duty member of the armed forces of the United States;
                     (B)  a peace officer;
                     (C)  a reserve law enforcement officer, as defined
  by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or
                     (D)  a retired peace officer, as defined by
  Section 1701.3161, Occupations Code.
         (c-1)  The governing board of a public junior college may,
  but shall not be required to, reimburse the amount paid by an [the]
  applicant for appointment as a school marshal to participate in the
  training program under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code [that
  section].
         (g)  A person's [public junior college employee's] status as
  a school marshal becomes inactive on:
               (1)  expiration of the person's [employee's] school
  marshal license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, if the
  person is required to hold that license as a condition of the
  person's school marshal license;
               (2)  suspension or revocation of the person's
  [employee's] license to carry a concealed handgun issued under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, if the person is
  required to hold that license as a condition of the person's school
  marshal license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code;
               (3)  termination of the person's [employee's]
  employment or volunteer service, as applicable, with the public
  junior college; or
               (4)  notice from the governing board of the public
  junior college that the person's [employee's] services as school
  marshal are no longer required.
         (i)  If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a public
  junior college inquires in writing, the governing board of the
  public junior college shall provide the parent or guardian written
  notice indicating whether any person [employee of the public junior
  college] is currently appointed a school marshal. The notice may
  not disclose information that is confidential under Subsection (h).
         SECTION 5.  Section 1701.001(8), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (8)  "School marshal" means a person who:
                     (A)  is appointed to serve as a school marshal by:
                           (i)  the board of trustees of a school
  district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school
  under Section 37.0811, Education Code;
                           (ii)  the governing body of a private school
  under Section 37.0813, Education Code; or
                           (iii)  the governing board of a public
  junior college under Section 51.220, Education Code;
                     (B)  is:
                           (i)  licensed under Section 1701.260;
                           (ii)  an honorably discharged veteran or
  active duty member of the armed forces of the United States;
                           (iii)  a peace officer;
                           (iv)  a reserve law enforcement officer; or
                           (v)  a retired peace officer, as defined by
  Section 1701.3161; and
                     (C)  has powers and duties described by Article
  2.127, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 6.  Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (b), (i), and (j) and adding
  Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission shall establish and maintain a training
  program open to any employee or volunteer of a school district,
  open-enrollment charter school, private school, or public junior
  college:
               (1)  for an employee, who holds a license to carry a
  handgun issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; or
               (2)  for a volunteer, who is:
                     (A)  an honorably discharged veteran or active
  duty member of the armed forces of the United States;
                     (B)  a peace officer;
                     (C)  a reserve law enforcement officer, as defined
  by Section 1701.001; or
                     (D)  a retired peace officer, as defined by
  Section 1701.3161.
         (a-1)  The training under the training program may be
  conducted only by the commission staff or a provider approved by the
  commission.
         (a-2) [(a-1)]  In this section, "private school" has the
  meaning assigned by Article 2.127, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (b)  The commission shall collect from each person who
  participates in the training program identifying information that
  includes the person's name, the person's date of birth, the license
  number of the license issued to the person under Subchapter H,
  Chapter 411, Government Code, and the address of the person's place
  of employment or volunteer service, as applicable.
         (i)  The commission shall revoke the [a person's] school
  marshal license of a person described by Subsection (a)(1) if the
  commission is notified by the Department of Public Safety that the
  person's license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H,
  Chapter 411, Government Code, has been suspended or revoked. A
  person whose school marshal license is revoked may obtain
  recertification by:
               (1)  furnishing proof to the commission that the
  person's handgun license has been reinstated; and
               (2)  completing the initial training under Subsection
  (c) to the satisfaction of the commission staff, paying the fee for
  the training, and demonstrating psychological fitness on the
  psychological examination described in Subsection (d).
         (j)  The commission shall submit the identifying information
  collected under Subsection (b) for each person licensed by the
  commission under this section to:
               (1)  the director of the Department of Public Safety;
               (2)  the [person's employer, if the person is employed
  by a] school district, open-enrollment charter school, private
  school, or public junior college at which the person is employed or
  volunteers;
               (3)  the chief law enforcement officer of the local
  municipal law enforcement agency if the person is employed or
  volunteers at a campus of a school district, open-enrollment
  charter school, private school, or public junior college located
  within a municipality;
               (4)  the sheriff of the county if the person is employed
  or volunteers at a campus of a school district, open-enrollment
  charter school, private school, or public junior college that is
  not located within a municipality; and
               (5)  the chief administrator of any peace officer
  commissioned under Section 37.081 or 51.203, Education Code, if the
  person is employed or volunteers at a school district or public
  junior college that has commissioned a peace officer under either
  section.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.