Bill Text: TX SB101 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of trustees of a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Education [SB101 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB101-Introduced.html
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| By: Hall | S.B. No. 101 | |
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| relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of | ||
| trustees of a school district. | ||
| 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 and may 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 as | ||
| defined by Section 1702.002, Occupations Code. The jurisdiction of | ||
| a peace 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
