88R23980 DIO-D
By: DeAyala 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.