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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to drug or alcohol overdose awareness and response |
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| 8 | 7 | | training for residential advisors and officers of student |
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| 9 | 8 | | organizations at public or private institutions of higher |
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| 10 | 9 | | education. |
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| 11 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 51.9362 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 13 | | Sec. 51.9362. DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS TRAINING FOR |
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| 15 | 14 | | RESIDENTIAL ADVISORS AND STUDENT ORGANIZATION OFFICERS. (a) In |
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| 16 | 15 | | this section: |
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| 17 | 16 | | (1) "Public or private institution of higher |
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| 18 | 17 | | education" includes an "institution of higher education" and a |
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| 19 | 18 | | "private or independent institution of higher education," as those |
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| 20 | 19 | | terms are defined by Section 61.003. |
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| 21 | 20 | | (2) "Residential advisor" means a student who is |
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| 22 | 21 | | employed by a public or private institution of higher education to |
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| 23 | 22 | | serve in an advisory capacity for students living in a residential |
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| 24 | 23 | | facility. |
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| 25 | 24 | | (3) "Residential facility" means a residence used |
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| 26 | 25 | | exclusively for housing or boarding students or faculty of a public |
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| 27 | 26 | | or private institution of higher education. |
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| 28 | 27 | | (4) "Student organization" includes any organization |
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| 29 | 28 | | that is composed mostly of students enrolled at a public or private |
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| 30 | 29 | | institution of higher education and that: |
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| 31 | 30 | | (A) is registered with the institution; |
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| 32 | 31 | | (B) receives student organization resource fee |
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| 33 | 32 | | revenues or other funding from the institution; or |
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| 34 | 33 | | (C) is otherwise recognized as a student |
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| 35 | 34 | | organization by the institution. |
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| 36 | 35 | | (b) A public or private institution of higher education that |
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| 37 | 36 | | imposes any mandatory training requirements on residential |
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| 38 | 37 | | advisors or officers of student organizations must ensure that drug |
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| 39 | 38 | | and alcohol overdose awareness and appropriate response training is |
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| 40 | 39 | | included with that training. |
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| 41 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with training |
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| 42 | 41 | | required for the 2019-2020 academic year. |
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| 43 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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