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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of school marshals by public schools |
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and the ammunition approved for use by a school marshal serving a |
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public school or a public junior college. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 37.0811(a) and (d), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board of trustees of a school district or the |
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governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may appoint not |
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more than the greater of: |
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(1) one school marshal per 200 [400] students in |
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average daily attendance per campus; or |
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(2) for each campus, one school marshal per building |
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of the campus at which students regularly receive classroom |
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instruction. |
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(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
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Subsection (c) must provide that a school marshal may carry a |
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concealed handgun as described by Subsection (c), except that if |
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the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct |
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contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed |
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handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a |
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school in a locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate |
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reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written |
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regulations must also require that a handgun carried by or within |
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access of a school marshal may be loaded only with frangible duty |
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ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law |
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Enforcement [designed to disintegrate on impact for maximum safety
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and minimal danger to others]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
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Subsection (d) must provide that a school marshal may carry a |
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concealed handgun as described by Subsection (d), except that if |
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the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct |
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contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed |
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handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a |
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public junior college campus in a locked and secured safe within the |
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marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary |
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duty. The written regulations must also require that a handgun |
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carried by or within access of a school marshal may be loaded only |
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with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the |
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Texas Commission on Law Enforcement [designed to disintegrate on
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impact for maximum safety and minimal danger to others]. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |