TITLE: Relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of trustees of a school district.

SUMMARY: Relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of trustees of a school district.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of trustees of a school district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.081(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board of trustees of any school district may employ security personnel and may commission peace officers to carry out this subchapter. If a board of trustees authorizes a person employed as security personnel to carry a weapon, the person must be a commissioned peace officer or a commissioned security officer as defined by Section 1702.002, Occupations Code.The jurisdiction of a peace officer or security personnel under this section shall be determined by the board of trustees and may include all territory in the boundaries of the school district and all property outside the boundaries of the district that is owned, leased, or rented by or otherwise under the control of the school district and the board of trustees that employ the peace officer or security personnel. SECTION 2. 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.