Bill Text: TX HB3910 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring a school security officer license to provide private security services at a public primary or secondary school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select [HB3910 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3910-Introduced.html
| 88R11514 JCG-D | ||
| By: Dorazio | H.B. No. 3910 | |
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| relating to requiring a school security officer license to provide | ||
| private security services at a public primary or secondary school. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 96, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 96.42 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 96.42. CERTAIN REQUIRED TRAINING PROVIDED BY ADVANCED | ||
| LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING CENTER. The Advanced Law | ||
| Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State | ||
| University--San Marcos shall permit a person who applies for a | ||
| school security officer license under Section 1702.213, | ||
| Occupations Code, to enroll in the Solo Officer Rapid Deployment | ||
| and the Level I training courses offered by the center, or in a | ||
| substantially similar course offered by the center, in the same | ||
| manner as the center permits a peace officer to enroll in the | ||
| course. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter I-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER I-1. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER | ||
| Sec. 1702.211. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER LICENSE REQUIRED. | ||
| An individual may not act as a school security officer unless the | ||
| individual holds a school security officer license. | ||
| Sec. 1702.212. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER. An individual acts | ||
| as a school security officer if the individual is employed by or | ||
| contracted through a company licensed under this chapter to provide | ||
| services described by Section 1702.202 or 1702.222 on the premises | ||
| of a public primary or secondary school. | ||
| Sec. 1702.213. APPLICATION; LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS. (a) | ||
| An applicant for a school security officer license must submit a | ||
| written application on a form prescribed by the commission. | ||
| (b) An applicant for a school security officer license must | ||
| provide proof that the applicant: | ||
| (1) has been issued a noncommissioned security officer | ||
| license, a security officer commission, or a personal protection | ||
| officer license; | ||
| (2) is employed at the time of application by an | ||
| investigations company or guard company licensed by the department; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) has completed: | ||
| (A) the training course described by Section | ||
| 96.42, Education Code; and | ||
| (B) the training described by Section 1702.214. | ||
| Sec. 1702.214. SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER TRAINING. The | ||
| commission shall establish the minimum curriculum requirements for | ||
| a school-based security response course and establish minimum | ||
| qualifications for instructors to provide the training. | ||
| Sec. 1702.215. WEAPON RESTRICTIONS. An individual acting | ||
| as a school security officer may not carry a weapon on the premises | ||
| of a public primary or secondary school in the scope of performing | ||
| the person's duties unless authorized under Section 37.081, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| (b) Section 1702.211, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, takes effect September 1, 2024. | ||
