1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 1933 |
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4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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6 | 6 | | relating to the confidentiality of information and documents |
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7 | 7 | | collected, developed, or produced during a school district security |
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8 | 8 | | audit. |
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9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by |
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11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: |
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12 | 12 | | (c-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c-2), any document |
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13 | 13 | | or information collected, developed, or produced during a security |
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14 | 14 | | audit conducted under Subsection (b) is not subject to disclosure |
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15 | 15 | | under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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16 | 16 | | (c-2) A document relating to a school district's |
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17 | 17 | | multihazard emergency operation plan is subject to disclosure if |
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18 | 18 | | the document enables a person to: |
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19 | 19 | | (1) verify that the district has established a plan |
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20 | 20 | | and determine the agencies involved in the development of the plan |
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21 | 21 | | and the agencies coordinating with the district to respond to an |
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22 | 22 | | emergency, including local emergency services agencies, law |
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23 | 23 | | enforcement agencies, and fire departments; |
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24 | 24 | | (2) verify that the district's plan was reviewed |
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25 | 25 | | within the last 12 months and determine the specific review dates; |
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26 | 26 | | (3) verify that the plan addresses the four phases of |
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27 | 27 | | emergency management under Subsection (a); |
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28 | 28 | | (4) verify that district employees have been trained |
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29 | 29 | | to respond to an emergency and determine the types of training, the |
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30 | 30 | | number of employees trained, and the person conducting the |
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31 | 31 | | training; |
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32 | 32 | | (5) verify that each campus in the district has |
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33 | 33 | | conducted mandatory emergency drills and exercises in accordance |
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34 | 34 | | with the plan and determine the frequency of the drills; |
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35 | 35 | | (6) verify that the district has established a plan |
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36 | 36 | | for responding to a train derailment if required under Subsection |
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37 | 37 | | (d); |
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38 | 38 | | (7) verify that the district has completed a security |
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39 | 39 | | audit under Subsection (b) and determine the date the audit was |
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40 | 40 | | conducted, the person conducting the audit, and the date the |
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41 | 41 | | district presented the results of the audit to the school board; |
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42 | 42 | | (8) verify that the district has addressed any |
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43 | 43 | | recommendations by the district's board of trustees for improvement |
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44 | 44 | | of the plan and determine the district's progress within the last 12 |
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45 | 45 | | months; and |
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46 | 46 | | (9) verify that the district has established a visitor |
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47 | 47 | | policy and identify the provisions governing access to a district |
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48 | 48 | | building or other district property. |
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49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. Subsections (c-1) and (c-2), Section 37.108, |
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50 | 50 | | Education Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a request for |
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51 | 51 | | documents or information that is received by a school district on or |
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52 | 52 | | after the effective date of this Act. A request for documents or |
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53 | 53 | | information that was received before the effective date of this Act |
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54 | 54 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was |
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55 | 55 | | received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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56 | 56 | | purpose. |
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57 | 57 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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58 | 58 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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59 | 59 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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60 | 60 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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61 | 61 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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