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1		-	By: Kacal, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2629
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
3		-	May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
4		-	Education; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to unauthorized persons at public or private institutions
12	6		of higher education in this state and to trespass, damage, or
13	7		defacement occurring on the grounds of those institutions; amending
14	8		provisions subject to a criminal penalty and creating offenses.
15	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	10		SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.202, Education Code,
17	11		is amended to read as follows:
18	12		Sec. 51.202. RULES AND REGULATIONS[; PENALTY].
19	13		SECTION 2. Section 51.204, Education Code, is amended to
20	14		read as follows:
21	15		Sec. 51.204. TRESPASS, DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT [ETC]. (a) In
22	16		this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or
23	17		independent institution of higher education" have the meanings
24	18		assigned by Section 61.003.
25	19		(b) It is unlawful for any person to:
26	20		(1) trespass on the grounds of an [any state]
27	21		institution of higher education or of a private or independent
28	22		institution of higher education; [of this state] or
29	23		(2) damage or deface [to damage or deface] any of the
30	24		buildings, statues, monuments, memorials, trees, shrubs, grasses,
31	25		or flowers on the grounds of an institution [any state
32	26		institutions] of higher education or of a private or independent
33	27		institution of higher education.
34	28		SECTION 3. Section 51.208, Education Code, is amended to
35	29		read as follows:
36	30		Sec. 51.208. PENALTY; COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION. (a) In
37	31		this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or
38	32		independent institution of higher education" have the meanings
39	33		assigned by Section 61.003.
40	34		(b) A person who violates any provision of this subchapter
41	35		or any rule or regulation promulgated under this subchapter commits
42	36		an offense. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor
43	37		punishable by a fine of not more than $200.
44	38		(c) The judge of a municipal court or any justice of the
45	39		peace of any city or county where property under the control and
46	40		jurisdiction of an [a state] institution of higher education or of a
47	41		private or independent institution of higher education is located
48	42		is each separately vested with all jurisdiction necessary to hear
49	43		and determine criminal cases involving violations of this
50	44		subchapter or rules or regulations promulgated under this
51	45		subchapter for which the punishment does not exceed a fine of $200.
52	46		SECTION 4. Section 51.209, Education Code, is amended to
53	47		read as follows:
54	48		Sec. 51.209. UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS; REFUSAL OF ENTRY,
55	49		EJECTION, IDENTIFICATION. (a) In this section, "institution of
56	50		higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher
57	51		education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
58	52		(b) The governing board of an [a state] institution of
59	53		higher education or a private or independent institution of higher
60	54		education or the governing board's [its] authorized
61	55		representatives may refuse to allow persons having no legitimate
62	56		business to enter on property under the board's control, and may
63	57		eject any undesirable person from the property on the person's
64	58		[his] refusal to leave peaceably on request. Identification may be
65	59		required of any person on the property, and the person must provide
66	60		that identification on request.
67	61		SECTION 5. Section 51.202(b), Education Code, is repealed.
68	62		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	63	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	64	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	65	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2629 was passed by the House on April
	66	+	30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 1 present, not
	67	+	voting.
	68	+	______________________________
	69	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	70	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2629 was passed by the Senate on May
	71	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	72	+	______________________________
	73	+	Secretary of the Senate
	74	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	75	+	Date
	76	+	_____________________
	77	+	Governor