81R300 KCR-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 318
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a pilot program establishing a safe schools unit in the
Department of Public Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0203 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0203. SAFE SCHOOLS UNIT. (a) The commission shall
establish a safe schools unit pilot program in the department for
the 2010-2011 school year to provide school districts in counties
that participate in the program with information and other
assistance concerning the issues of juvenile delinquency, juvenile
substance abuse, and other law enforcement issues that affect
school districts.
(b) Not later than February 1, 2010, the director shall
select five counties to participate in the pilot program. The
director may select only a county that has a population of less than
500,000. At least one of the counties the director selects must
have a population of more than 190,000, be located along the
southern portion of the border between this state and Mexico, and
contain a municipality with a population of more than 175,000. Each
school district in a participating county shall participate in the
pilot program.
(c) The director shall administer the pilot program and
adopt rules to implement and administer the program. In adopting
rules, the director shall ensure that the pilot program addresses
law enforcement issues that affect school districts, including the
prevention of and intervention in juvenile delinquency and
substance abuse.
(d) This section expires August 31, 2011.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the public safety director shall adopt rules as
necessary to implement Section 411.0203, Government Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.