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1	1	By: Johnson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1284
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2013;
3	3	April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Criminal Justice; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the offense of making or causing a false alarm or report
11	11	involving a public or private institution of higher education.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Section 51.219 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 51.219. NOTIFICATION OF PENALTY FOR FALSE ALARM OR
16	16	REPORT. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and
17	17	"private or independent institution of higher education" have the
18	18	meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
19	19	(b) Each institution of higher education and private or
20	20	independent institution of higher education shall notify all
21	21	incoming students, as soon as practicable, of the penalty for the
22	22	offense under Section 42.06, Penal Code, of making a false alarm or
23	23	report involving a public or private institution of higher
24	24	education.
25	25	(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a private or
26	26	independent institution of higher education is not required to
27	27	comply with Subsection (b) if the institution determines that
28	28	providing notice as required by that subsection is not feasible.
29	29	This subsection expires August 1, 2014.
30	30	(d) Not later than October 1, 2013, each institution of
31	31	higher education shall notify all enrolled students of the penalty
32	32	for the offense under Section 42.06, Penal Code, of making a false
33	33	alarm or report involving a public or private institution of higher
34	34	education. This subsection expires December 31, 2013.
35	35	SECTION 2. Section 42.06(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
36	36	as follows:
37	37	(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
38	38	unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public or
39	39	private institution of higher education or involving a public
40	40	primary or secondary school, public communications, public
41	41	transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public
42	42	service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
43	43	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
44	44	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
45	45	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
46	46	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
47	47	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
48	48	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
49	49	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
50	50	before that date.
51	51	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
52	52	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
53	53	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
54	54	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
55	55	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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