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  H.B. No. 4342
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas
  School Safety Center.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 37.203(a) and (b), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The center is advised by a board of directors composed
  of:
               (1)  the attorney general, or the attorney general's
  designee;
               (2)  the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;
               (3)  the executive director of the Texas Juvenile
  Justice Department, or the executive director's designee;
               (4)  the commissioner of the Department of State Health
  Services, or the commissioner's designee;
               (5)  the commissioner of higher education, or the
  commissioner's designee; and
               (6)  the following members appointed by the governor
  with the advice and consent of the senate:
                     (A)  a juvenile court judge;
                     (B)  a member of a school district's board of
  trustees;
                     (C)  an administrator of a public primary school;
                     (D)  an administrator of a public secondary
  school;
                     (E)  a member of the state parent-teacher
  association;
                     (F)  a teacher from a public primary or secondary
  school;
                     (G)  a public school superintendent who is a
  member of the Texas Association of School Administrators;
                     (H)  a school district police officer or a peace
  officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school;
  [and]
                     (I)  a professional architect who is registered in
  this state and a member of the Texas Society of Architects; and
                     (J)  three [two] members of the public.
         (b)  Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(6)
  serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the members
  described by Subsections (a)(6)(A)-(F) [(a)(6)(A)-(E)] expiring on
  February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the terms of the members
  described by Subsections (a)(6)(G)-(J) [(a)(6)(F)-(I)] expiring on
  February 1 of each even-numbered year. A member may serve more than
  one term.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than February 1, 2020, the
  governor shall appoint new members to the board of directors of the
  Texas School Safety Center as required by Section 37.203(a)(6)(I),
  Education Code, as amended by this Act, and Section
  37.203(a)(6)(J), Education Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  Section 37.203, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
  does not affect the term of the member appointed under Section
  37.203(a)(6)(F), Education Code, as amended by this Act, and
  serving on the board immediately before the effective date of this
  Act. After the term of that member expires on February 1, 2020, the
  governor shall appoint a member who meets the requirements under
  Section 37.203(a)(6)(F), Education Code, as amended by this Act, to
  a term expiring February 1, 2021.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4342 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4342 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor