86R9800 TSS-F
	By: Metcalf	H.B. No. 2328

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the training requirements for and the expiration of a
	school marshal license issued or renewed by the Texas Commission on
	Law Enforcement.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1701.260, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (g) and (h) to
	read as follows:
	(c-1)  The training program may include up to 40 hours of
	instruction through an online course from a provider approved by
	the commission.
	(g)  A person's license under this section expires on August
	1 following [the first birthday of the person occurring after] the
	second anniversary of the date the commission licenses the person.
	A renewed school marshal license expires on August 1 [the person's
	birth date], two years after the expiration of the previous
	license.
	(h)  A person may renew the school marshal license under this
	section by:
	(1)  successfully completing a renewal course designed
	and administered by the commission, which such license renewal
	training will not exceed 10 [16] hours combined of classroom and
	simulation training;
	(2)  demonstrating appropriate knowledge on an
	examination designed and administered by the commission;
	(3)  demonstrating handgun proficiency to the
	satisfaction of the commission staff; and
	(4)  demonstrating psychological fitness on the
	examination described in Subsection (d).
	SECTION 2.  (a) A license issued or renewed before the
	effective date of this Act expires on August 1 following the second
	anniversary of the date the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
	issued or renewed the previous license.
	(b)  The change in law made by amending Section 1701.260(h),
	Occupations Code, applies to a school marshal license renewal
	training course for a license that expires on or after the effective
	date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.