Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB55 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R1663 TSS-D
2	2	By: Swanson H.B. No. 55
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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 concealed handgun by a
8	8	school marshal.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 37.0811(d), Education Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of
13	13	Subsection (c):
14	14	(1) must:
15	15	(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to
16	16	[may] carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person;
17	17	and
18	18	(B) [as described by Subsection (c), except that
19	19	if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct
20	20	contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed
21	21	handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a
22	22	school in a locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate
23	23	reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written
24	24	regulations must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed
25	25	by [or within access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with
26	26	frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas
27	27	Commission on Law Enforcement; and
28	28	(2) may not require a school marshal to store the
29	29	handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on
30	30	duty.
31	31	SECTION 2. Section 37.0813(d), Education Code, is amended
32	32	to read as follows:
33	33	(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of
34	34	Subsection (c) must:
35	35	(1) provide that a school marshal may carry a
36	36	concealed handgun as described by Subsection (c); and
37	37	(2) [, except that if the primary duty of the school
38	38	marshal involves regular, direct contact with students in a
39	39	classroom setting, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun
40	40	but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school in a
41	41	locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when
42	42	conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations
43	43	must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within
44	44	access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with frangible duty
45	45	ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law
46	46	Enforcement.
47	47	SECTION 3. Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to
48	48	read as follows:
49	49	(e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of
50	50	Subsection (d):
51	51	(1) must:
52	52	(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to
53	53	[may] carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person;
54	54	and
55	55	(B) [as described by Subsection (d), except that
56	56	if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct
57	57	contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed
58	58	handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a
59	59	public junior college campus in a locked and secured safe within the
60	60	marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary
61	61	duty. The written regulations must also] require that a handgun
62	62	carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal [may]
63	63	be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that
64	64	purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and
65	65	(2) may not require a school marshal to store the
66	66	handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on
67	67	duty.
68	68	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
69	69	academic year.
70	70	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
71	71	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
72	72	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
73	73	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
74	74	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.