84R10022 YDB-D
By: Peña H.B. No. 1572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to safety and security policies and procedures in the
Capitol Complex.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.062, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) In implementing rules adopted under Subsection (d) and
in imposing measures under Subsection (g), the department shall
develop written policies and procedures relating to the safety and
security of individuals and to the access to and protection of the
grounds and property in the Capitol Complex to ensure that the
policies and procedures are applied consistently and equally to all
individuals in the Capitol Complex. The department may not
implement the policies and procedures, or any modification to the
policies and procedures, until the department electronically or
physically distributes the policies and procedures to:
(1) all department personnel assigned to the Capitol
Complex; and
(2) all state officers and employees whose assigned
place of employment is in the Capitol Complex.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the
Department of Public Safety shall develop and distribute the
written policies and procedures as required by Section 411.062(h),
Government Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Section 411.062(h), Government Code, as added by this
Act, does not prohibit the department from continuing to enforce
policies and procedures that were in effect on the effective date of
this Act until the time those policies and procedures or their
modifications are distributed, as required by Section 411.062(h),
Government Code, as added by this Act, and Subsection (a) of this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.