88R6077 PRL-D
By: Herrero H.B. No. 4824
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the employment of armed commissioned security officers
as school district security personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.081(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ
security personnel, enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
local law enforcement agency for the provision of school resource
officers, and commission peace officers to carry out this
subchapter. If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed as
security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a
commissioned peace officer or a commissioned security officer
licensed under Subchapter G, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, who
has completed the training program provided under Section 1701.260,
Occupations Code. The jurisdiction of a peace officer, a school
resource officer, or security personnel under this section shall be
determined by the board of trustees and may include all territory in
the boundaries of the school district and all property outside the
boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or rented by or
otherwise under the control of the school district and the board of
trustees that employ the peace officer or security personnel or
that enter into a memorandum of understanding for the provision of a
school resource officer.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.