| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 781 |
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| 1 | + | By: Sanford, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 781 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | + | Affairs; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public |
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| 6 | 12 | | junior college school marshal. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
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| 11 | 17 | | Subsection (d): |
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| 12 | 18 | | (1) must: |
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| 13 | 19 | | (A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to |
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| 14 | 20 | | [may] carry a concealed handgun as described by Subsection (d); and |
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| 15 | 21 | | (B) [, except that if the primary duty of the |
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| 16 | 22 | | school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the |
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| 17 | 23 | | marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun |
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| 18 | 24 | | on the physical premises of a public junior college campus in a |
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| 19 | 25 | | locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when |
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| 20 | 26 | | conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must |
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| 21 | 27 | | also] require [that] a handgun carried or possessed by [or within |
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| 22 | 28 | | access of] a school marshal to [may] be loaded only with frangible |
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| 23 | 29 | | duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission |
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| 24 | 30 | | on Law Enforcement; and |
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| 25 | 31 | | (2) may not require a school marshal to store the |
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| 26 | 32 | | handgun in a locked container while on duty. |
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| 27 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 28 | 34 | | academic year. |
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| 29 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 36 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 781 was passed by the House on April |
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| 37 | | - | 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 43, 1 present, not |
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| 38 | | - | voting. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 781 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 42 | | - | 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Date |
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| 47 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Governor |
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| 40 | + | * * * * * |
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