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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a memorandum of understanding between public schools |
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authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school |
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marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools |
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participate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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enter into a memorandum of understanding with another school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school under which a school |
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marshal appointed to a campus of the district or school may |
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temporarily act as a school marshal at a campus of the other |
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district or school for the duration of an event occurring at the |
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campus of the other district or school at which both districts or |
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schools are participating. The memorandum of understanding must |
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comply with the requirements for written regulations under this |
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section and may be used to satisfy the requirement for written |
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regulations or written authorization under Section 46.03(a)(1), |
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Penal Code, to allow that school marshal to carry a firearm on the |
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premises of the district or school at which the event occurs. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |