Bill Text: TX HB1896 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to firearm training and the authority of certain employees of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to carry or possess a handgun on certain school premises; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-14 - Left pending in committee [HB1896 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1896-Introduced.html
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| By: King of Parker | H.B. No. 1896 | |
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| relating to firearm training and the authority of certain employees | ||
| of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to carry or | ||
| possess a handgun on certain school premises; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0811 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0811. FIREARM TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. (a) In this | ||
| section, "premises" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.035, | ||
| Penal Code. | ||
| (b) The board of trustees of a school district or the | ||
| governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may: | ||
| (1) authorize an employee of the district or charter | ||
| school who is licensed to carry a concealed handgun under | ||
| Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to attend a firearm | ||
| training program established under Section 1701.260, Occupations | ||
| Code; and | ||
| (2) adopt written regulations that authorize an | ||
| employee who has successfully completed the training program | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) to carry or possess a handgun on the | ||
| physical premises of a school, any grounds or building on which an | ||
| activity sponsored by a school is being conducted, or a passenger | ||
| transportation vehicle of a school. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Section 1701.260(f), Occupations | ||
| Code, the identity of an employee who is authorized to attend the | ||
| training program described by Subsection (b)(1) is confidential and | ||
| is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.260 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.260. FIREARM TRAINING FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (a) | ||
| The commission shall establish and maintain a training program for | ||
| employees of a school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| who hold a license to carry a concealed handgun issued under | ||
| Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and who are authorized | ||
| under Section 37.0811, Education Code, to attend the training | ||
| program. The training program may be conducted only by the | ||
| commission staff or by other agencies and institutions the | ||
| commission approves for that purpose. | ||
| (b) The training program must: | ||
| (1) consist of not more than 20 hours of training; and | ||
| (2) include instruction in: | ||
| (A) defensive techniques; and | ||
| (B) safely handling a firearm in a public | ||
| setting. | ||
| (c) The commission shall issue a certification to each | ||
| person the commission determines has successfully completed the | ||
| training program. | ||
| (d) The commission shall charge each participant in the | ||
| training program a reasonable fee to cover the cost to the | ||
| commission of conducting the program. | ||
| (e) A certification issued under this section expires on the | ||
| second anniversary of the date of issuance. A person may renew a | ||
| certification by complying with any requirements established by the | ||
| commission. | ||
| (f) The commission shall submit, for each person issued a | ||
| certification under this section, the name and date of birth of the | ||
| person, the license number of the license issued to the person under | ||
| Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and the address of the | ||
| person's place of employment to: | ||
| (1) the director of the Department of Public Safety; | ||
| (2) the school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
| school by which the person is employed; | ||
| (3) the chief law enforcement officer of the local | ||
| municipal law enforcement agency if the person is employed at a | ||
| campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| located within a municipality; | ||
| (4) the sheriff of the county if the person is employed | ||
| at a campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| that is not located within a municipality; and | ||
| (5) a peace officer commissioned under Section 37.081, | ||
| Education Code, if the person is employed at a school district that | ||
| has commissioned a peace officer under that section. | ||
| (g) The commission shall immediately report the expiration | ||
| of a certification to the persons or entities listed in Subsection | ||
| (f). | ||
| (h) Identifying information about a person collected or | ||
| submitted under this section is confidential, except as provided by | ||
| Subsection (f), and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer | ||
| Standards and Education shall establish the firearm training | ||
| program as required by Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
