Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4882 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 05/02/2023

                    88R23980 DIO-D
 By: DeAyala H.B. No. 4882
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4882:
 By:  Capriglione C.S.H.B. No. 4882


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a review by a local law enforcement agency of a school
 district's multihazard emergency operations plan.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 37.2071, Education Code, is amended by
 adding Subsections (a-1), (h-1), and (h-2) to read as follows:
 (a-1)  Before submitting a multihazard emergency operations
 plan to the center at the center's request under Subsection (b), a
 school district shall request provisional feedback from the center
 regarding the plan.  The school district shall make adjustments to
 its plan as necessary.
 (h-1)  After approval of a plan by the center under this
 section, a school district shall submit its plan to an appropriate
 local law enforcement agency for review and to provide suggestions
 on the plan.
 (h-2)  For purposes of Subsection (h-1), an appropriate
 local law enforcement agency includes:
 (1)  a school district police department, if the
 district employs and commissions at least 20 full-time peace
 officers;
 (2)  the police department of a municipality in which
 the district is located;
 (3)  the emergency management agency of a county in
 which the district is located, if applicable; and
 (4)  the sheriff of the county in which the district is
 located.
 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.