88R6077 PRL-D
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 4824
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the employment of armed commissioned security officers
  as school district security personnel.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.081(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The board of trustees of any school district may employ
  security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
  local law enforcement agency for the provision of school resource
  officers, and commission peace officers to carry out this
  subchapter.  If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed as
  security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a
  commissioned peace officer or a commissioned security officer
  licensed under Subchapter G, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, who
  has completed the training program provided under Section 1701.260,
  Occupations Code.  The jurisdiction of a peace officer, a school
  resource officer, or security personnel under this section shall be
  determined by the board of trustees and may include all territory in
  the boundaries of the school district and all property outside the
  boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or rented by or
  otherwise under the control of the school district and the board of
  trustees that employ the peace officer or security personnel or
  that enter into a memorandum of understanding for the provision of a
  school resource officer.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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.