85R7022 GCB-D
By: Villalba H.B. No. 1313
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of school marshal grant programs by
the criminal justice division of the governor's office and the
adoption of a school marshals promotion program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
request a grant under:
(1) the school marshal support grant program
established under Section 772.0064, Government Code; and
(2) the school marshal notice grant program
established under Section 772.0065, Government Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
amended by adding Sections 772.0064 and 772.0065 to read as
follows:
Sec. 772.0064. SCHOOL MARSHAL SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM. (a)
From funds appropriated to the governor for that purpose, the
criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall
establish a grant program under which grants are awarded to a school
district or open-enrollment charter school to support the
appointment of a school marshal by the district or school.
(b) Grant money awarded under this section may be used by
the school district or open-enrollment charter school to pay the
costs of providing an appointed school marshal with:
(1) training;
(2) a handgun to be carried by the school marshal in
compliance with Section 37.0811, Education Code, and the written
regulations adopted by a school under that section; and
(3) the appropriate ammunition for use by the school
marshal in compliance with Section 37.0811, Education Code, and the
written regulations adopted by a school under that section.
(c) The criminal justice division shall award grants to
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under this
section until the funds appropriated for the grant program are
expended.
Sec. 772.0065. SCHOOL MARSHAL NOTICE GRANT PROGRAM. (a)
From funds appropriated to the governor for that purpose, the
criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall
establish a grant program under which grants are awarded to enable a
school district or open-enrollment charter school that has
appointed a school marshal to provide notice about the school
marshal.
(b) Grant money awarded under this section may be used by
the school district or open-enrollment charter school to pay the
costs of posting signage or otherwise providing notice in multiple
places on a campus at which a school marshal is an employee to
provide notice that an employee of the campus is a school marshal
authorized to carry or possess a handgun on the campus.
(c) The criminal justice division shall award grants to
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under this
section until the funds appropriated for the grant program are
expended.
SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1701.2601 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.2601. SCHOOL MARSHALS PROMOTION PROGRAM. From
funds appropriated for the purpose, the commission shall develop
and implement a program to:
(1) notify school districts and open-enrollment
charter schools about the authority to appoint school marshals
under Section 37.0811, Education Code;
(2) provide education about:
(A) the benefits of school marshals; and
(B) the school marshal support grant program
under Section 772.0064, Government Code, and the school marshal
notice grant program under Section 772.0065, Government Code; and
(3) encourage schools to appoint school marshals.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.