Bill Text: TX SB996 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [SB996 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB996-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 996 | ||
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| relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a | ||
| school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of | ||
| information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on | ||
| Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment | ||
| as school marshal. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a school | ||
| inquires in writing, the school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
| school shall provide the parent or guardian written notice | ||
| indicating whether any employee of the school is currently | ||
| appointed a school marshal. The notice may not disclose | ||
| information that is confidential under Subsection (g). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1701.260(l), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (l) All [ |
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| collected or submitted under this section is confidential, except | ||
| as provided by Subsection (j), and is not subject to disclosure | ||
| under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 996 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 7, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 996 passed the House on | ||
| May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
