Bill Text: TX SB101 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 101 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

	85R1243 SRS-D

	By: Hall	S.B. No. 101



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.