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| 1 | 1 | 86R4914 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Thierry H.B. No. 797 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment | |
| 8 | 8 | charter schools use metal detectors on each campus. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 37.113 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 37.113. REQUIRED METAL DETECTORS. At each school | |
| 13 | 13 | building located on a campus in which students attend class or | |
| 14 | 14 | school-sponsored activities, a school district or open-enrollment | |
| 15 | 15 | charter school shall screen persons entering the building for | |
| 16 | 16 | weapons by installing a walk-through metal detector or using a | |
| 17 | 17 | handheld metal detector at each entrance to the building that is | |
| 18 | 18 | accessible from the outside. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | |
| 20 | 20 | school year. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |