H.B. No. 4342
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas
School Safety Center.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 37.203(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The center is advised by a board of directors composed
of:
(1) the attorney general, or the attorney general's
designee;
(2) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;
(3) the executive director of the Texas Juvenile
Justice Department, or the executive director's designee;
(4) the commissioner of the Department of State Health
Services, or the commissioner's designee;
(5) the commissioner of higher education, or the
commissioner's designee; and
(6) the following members appointed by the governor
with the advice and consent of the senate:
(A) a juvenile court judge;
(B) a member of a school district's board of
trustees;
(C) an administrator of a public primary school;
(D) an administrator of a public secondary
school;
(E) a member of the state parent-teacher
association;
(F) a teacher from a public primary or secondary
school;
(G) a public school superintendent who is a
member of the Texas Association of School Administrators;
(H) a school district police officer or a peace
officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school;
[and]
(I) a professional architect who is registered in
this state and a member of the Texas Society of Architects; and
(J) three [two] members of the public.
(b) Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(6)
serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the members
described by Subsections (a)(6)(A)-(F) [(a)(6)(A)-(E)] expiring on
February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the terms of the members
described by Subsections (a)(6)(G)-(J) [(a)(6)(F)-(I)] expiring on
February 1 of each even-numbered year. A member may serve more than
one term.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than February 1, 2020, the
governor shall appoint new members to the board of directors of the
Texas School Safety Center as required by Section 37.203(a)(6)(I),
Education Code, as amended by this Act, and Section
37.203(a)(6)(J), Education Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Section 37.203, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
does not affect the term of the member appointed under Section
37.203(a)(6)(F), Education Code, as amended by this Act, and
serving on the board immediately before the effective date of this
Act. After the term of that member expires on February 1, 2020, the
governor shall appoint a member who meets the requirements under
Section 37.203(a)(6)(F), Education Code, as amended by this Act, to
a term expiring February 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4342 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4342 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor