Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		86R7994 SOS-F
2		-	By: Sanford~~, Leach, Noble, Holland, et al.~~ H.B. No. 1288
	2	+	By: Sanford H.B. No. 1288
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5	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6		AN ACT
7	7		relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public
8	8		junior college school marshal.
9	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10		SECTION 1. Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to
11	11		read as follows:
12	12		(e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of
13	13		Subsection (d):
14	14		(1) must:
15	15		(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to
16	16		[may] carry a concealed handgun as described by Subsection (d); and
17	17		(B) [, except that if the primary duty of the
18	18		school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the
19	19		marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun
20	20		on the physical premises of a public junior college campus in a
21	21		locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when
22	22		conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must
23	23		also] require [that] a handgun carried or possessed by [or within
24	24		access of] a school marshal to [may] be loaded only with frangible
25	25		duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission
26	26		on Law Enforcement; and
27	27		(2) may not require a school marshal to store the
28	28		handgun in a locked container while on duty.
29	29		SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
30	30		academic year.
31	31		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
32	32		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
33	33		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
34	34		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
35	35		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.