TITLE: Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 37.086(a), (b), and (c), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) In this section,"school" [: [(1) "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.134, Health and Safety Code. [(2) "School"] means a public [or private] primary or secondary school. (b) Each public school shall post warning signs of the increased penalties for trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(b-1)(2), Penal Code, in a [at the following locations: [(1) parallel to and along the exterior boundaries of the school's premises; [(2) at each roadway or other way of access to the premises; [(3) for premises not fenced, at least every five hundred feet along the exterior boundaries of the premises; [(4) at each entrance to the premises; and [(5) at] conspicuous place [places] reasonably likely to be viewed by all school employees and visitors [persons entering the premises].(c) The agency, in consultation with the human trafficking prevention task force created under Section 402.035, Government Code, shall adopt rules regarding the [placement, installation, design, size] wording [ and maintenance procedures] for the warning signs required under this section and requiring [. The rules must require] that each warning sign: (1) include a description of the provisions of Section 20A.02(b-1), Penal Code, including the penalties for violating that section; (2) be written in English and Spanish; and (3) be at least 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size. 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.