87(R) HB 781 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
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AN ACT
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relating to the carrying and possession of a handgun by a public |
 
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junior college school marshal. |
 
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             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
 
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             SECTION  1.    Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to |
 
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read as follows: |
 
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             (e)    Any written regulations adopted for purposes of |
 
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Subsection (d): |
 
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                         (1)    must: |
 
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                                     (A)    authorize [provide that] a school marshal to |
 
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[may] carry a concealed handgun as described by Subsection (d); and |
 
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                                     (B)    [, except that if the primary duty of the |
 
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school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the |
 
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marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun |
 
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on the physical premises of a public junior college campus in a |
 
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locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when |
 
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conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must |
 
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also] require [that] a handgun carried or possessed by [or within |
 
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access of] a school marshal to [may] be loaded only with frangible |
 
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duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission |
 
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on Law Enforcement; and |
 
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                         (2)    may not require a school marshal to store the |
 
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handgun in a locked container while on duty. |
 
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             SECTION  2.    This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
 
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academic year. |
 
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             SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
 
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
 
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.    If this |
 
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
 
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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     President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House           |
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             I certify that H.B. No. 781 was passed by the House on April |
 
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29, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 104, Nays 43, 1 present, not |
 
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voting. |
 
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Chief Clerk of the House       |
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             I certify that H.B. No. 781 was passed by the Senate on May |
 
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20, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 20, Nays 11. |
 
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Secretary of the Senate         |
 
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APPROVED:    _____________________ |
 
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                                 Governor               |