| 1 | 1 | | 88R23980 DIO-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: DeAyala H.B. No. 4882 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a review by a local law enforcement agency of a school |
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| 8 | 8 | | district's multihazard emergency operations plan. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.2071, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (a-1), (h-1), and (h-2) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) Before submitting a multihazard emergency operations |
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| 13 | 13 | | plan to the center at the center's request under Subsection (b), a |
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| 14 | 14 | | school district shall request provisional feedback from the center |
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| 15 | 15 | | regarding the plan. The school district shall make adjustments to |
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| 16 | 16 | | its plan as necessary. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (h-1) After approval of a plan by the center under this |
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| 18 | 18 | | section, a school district shall submit its plan to an appropriate |
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| 19 | 19 | | local law enforcement agency for review and to provide suggestions |
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| 20 | 20 | | on the plan. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (h-2) For purposes of Subsection (h-1), an appropriate |
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| 22 | 22 | | local law enforcement agency includes: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) a school district police department, if the |
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| 24 | 24 | | district employs and commissions at least 20 full-time peace |
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| 25 | 25 | | officers; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) the police department of a municipality in which |
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| 27 | 27 | | the district is located; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) the emergency management agency of a county in |
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| 29 | 29 | | which the district is located, if applicable; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) the sheriff of the county in which the district is |
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| 31 | 31 | | located. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 33 | 33 | | school year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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