TITLE: Relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal.

SUMMARY: Relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.0811(d), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (c):(1) must:(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to [may] carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person; and (B) [as described by Subsection (c), except that if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school in a locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement;and (2) may not require a school marshal to store the handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on duty.SECTION 2. Section 37.0813(d), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (c) must:(1) provide that a school marshal may carry a concealed handgun as described by Subsection (c);and (2) [ except that if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students in a classroom setting, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school in a locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. SECTION 3. Section 51.220(e), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (d):(1) must:(A) authorize [provide that] a school marshal to [may] carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person; and (B) [as described by Subsection (d), except that if the primary duty of the school marshal involves regular, direct contact with students, the marshal may not carry a concealed handgun but may possess a handgun on the physical premises of a public junior college campus in a locked and secured safe within the marshal's immediate reach when conducting the marshal's primary duty. The written regulations must also] require that a handgun carried or possessed by [or within access of] a school marshal [may] be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement;and (2) may not require a school marshal to store the handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on duty.SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year. SECTION 5. 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.