Bill Text: TX SB1239 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition against the use of certain sprays, stun guns, and tasers by school district peace officers, security personnel, and other employees against public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Referred to Education [SB1239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1239-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1239 | |
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| relating to a prohibition against the use of certain sprays, stun | ||
| guns, and tasers by school district peace officers, security | ||
| personnel, and other employees against public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0814 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0814. USE OF OC SPRAY, STUN GUN, OR TASER AGAINST | ||
| STUDENTS PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "OC spray" means any aerosol-propelled | ||
| debilitation device that is composed of a lachrymatory chemical | ||
| compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, or temporary | ||
| blindness. The term includes pepper spray, capsicum spray, OC gas, | ||
| and oleoresin capsicum. | ||
| (2) "Stun gun" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 38.14, Penal Code. | ||
| (3) "Taser" means a device that is intended, designed, | ||
| made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by inflicting an | ||
| electrical charge through the emission of a projectile or | ||
| conductive stream. | ||
| (b) The board of trustees of a school district shall | ||
| prohibit school district peace officers, security personnel, and | ||
| other employees from using OC spray or a stun gun or taser to subdue | ||
| a student on school property or while attending a school-sponsored | ||
| or school-related activity off of school property. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
