| 1 | 1 | | 89R9062 GP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Leach H.B. No. 4685 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 419.029, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 419.029. TRAINING CURRICULUM. (a) The commission may |
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| 14 | 14 | | establish minimum curriculum requirements for preparatory, |
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| 15 | 15 | | in-service, and advanced courses and programs for a school operated |
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| 16 | 16 | | by or for this state or a local government specifically for training |
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| 17 | 17 | | fire protection personnel or recruits. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The minimum curriculum requirements established by the |
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| 19 | 19 | | commission under Subsection (a) must require training on conducting |
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| 20 | 20 | | a fire safety inspection at a public or private school in accordance |
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| 21 | 21 | | with Section 419.909. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 419.909, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 23 | 23 | | adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b-1) A fire safety inspection of a public or private |
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| 25 | 25 | | school, including an open-enrollment charter school, required by a |
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| 26 | 26 | | state or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance must include an |
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| 27 | 27 | | examination of: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) each automated external defibrillator, as defined |
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| 29 | 29 | | by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, on the school campus to |
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| 30 | 30 | | determine whether the defibrillator is fully functional, which must |
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| 31 | 31 | | include verifying that that defibrillator's pads and battery have |
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| 32 | 32 | | not expired and that the defibrillator's status indicator light |
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| 33 | 33 | | indicates that the device is ready for use; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) each vaccine and over-the-counter medication |
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| 35 | 35 | | located on the school campus to determine whether the vaccine or |
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| 36 | 36 | | medication is expired. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b-2) A person who conducts a fire safety inspection |
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| 38 | 38 | | described by Subsection (b-1) must include in the written report of |
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| 39 | 39 | | the inspection of the school the findings from the examinations |
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| 40 | 40 | | required by that subsection. The report must also state the method |
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| 41 | 41 | | by which the school's administrators were notified of the results |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the inspection and the time and date the notification occurred. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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