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AN ACT
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relating to the certification of certain qualified handgun |
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instructors to conduct school safety training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.1901 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.1901. SCHOOL SAFETY CERTIFICATION FOR QUALIFIED |
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HANDGUN INSTRUCTORS. (a) The department shall establish a process |
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to enable qualified handgun instructors certified under Section |
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411.190 to obtain an additional certification in school safety. |
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The process must include a school safety certification course that |
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provides training in the following: |
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(1) the protection of students; |
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(2) interaction of license holders with first |
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responders; |
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(3) tactics for denying an intruder entry into a |
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classroom or school facility; and |
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(4) methods for increasing a license holder's accuracy |
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with a handgun while under duress. |
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(b) The school safety certification course under Subsection |
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(a) must include not less than 15 hours and not more than 20 hours of |
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instruction. |
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(c) A qualified handgun instructor certified in school |
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safety under this section may provide school safety training, |
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including instruction in the subjects listed under Subsection (a), |
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to employees of a school district or an open-enrollment charter |
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school who hold a license to carry a concealed handgun issued under |
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this subchapter. |
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(d) The department shall establish a fee in an amount that |
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is sufficient to cover the costs of the school safety certification |
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under this section. |
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(e) The department may adopt rules to administer this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1857 passed the Senate on |
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April 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1857 passed the House on |
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May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |