By: Estes  S.B. No. 1857
         (In the Senate - Filed March 26, 2013; April 2, 2013, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs,
  and Homeland Security; April 10, 2013, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 3,
  Nays 0; April 10, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1857 By:  Estes
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the certification of certain qualified handgun
  instructors to conduct school safety training.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.1901 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1901.  SCHOOL SAFETY CERTIFICATION FOR QUALIFIED
  HANDGUN INSTRUCTORS.  (a)  The department shall establish a process
  to enable qualified handgun instructors certified under Section
  411.190 to obtain an additional certification in school safety.  
  The process must include a school safety certification course that
  provides training in the following:
               (1)  the protection of students;
               (2)  interaction of license holders with first
  responders;
               (3)  tactics for denying an intruder entry into a
  classroom or school facility; and
               (4)  methods for increasing a license holder's accuracy
  with a handgun while under duress.
         (b)  The school safety certification course under Subsection
  (a) must include not less than 15 hours and not more than 20 hours of
  instruction.
         (c)  A qualified handgun instructor certified in school
  safety under this section may provide school safety training,
  including instruction in the subjects listed under Subsection (a),
  to employees of a school district or an open-enrollment charter
  school who hold a license to carry a concealed handgun issued under
  this subchapter.
         (d)  The department shall establish a fee in an amount that
  is sufficient to cover the costs of the school safety certification
  under this section.
         (e)  The department may adopt rules to administer this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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