85R1243 SRS-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of
trustees of a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.081(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ
security personnel and may commission peace officers to carry out
this subchapter. If a board of trustees authorizes a person
employed as security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be
a commissioned peace officer or a commissioned security officer as
defined by Section 1702.002, Occupations Code. The jurisdiction of
a peace officer or security personnel under this section shall be
determined by the board of trustees and may include all territory in
the boundaries of the school district and all property outside the
boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or rented by or
otherwise under the control of the school district and the board of
trustees that employ the peace officer or security personnel.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.