Bill Text: TX HB1142 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a public school elective course on firearm safety, training, and history.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB1142 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1142-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 1142 |
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relating to a public school elective course on firearm safety, | ||
training, and history. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.015. ELECTIVE COURSE ON FIREARM SAFETY, TRAINING, | ||
AND HISTORY. (a) A school district may offer to students in grade | ||
nine or above an elective course on firearm safety, training, and | ||
history. | ||
(b) The purpose of a course under this section is to teach | ||
the history and importance of the Second Amendment to the United | ||
States Constitution and to teach respect for and proper use of | ||
firearms. A course under this section must include: | ||
(1) instruction on the Second Amendment to the United | ||
States Constitution; | ||
(2) instruction on firearm safety; | ||
(3) training in the use of firearms, including the | ||
safe use of common firearms such as pistols, revolvers, rifles, and | ||
shotguns; | ||
(4) instruction on firearm maintenance and cleaning; | ||
and | ||
(5) instruction on hunter safety. | ||
(c) If a school district offers a course under this section, | ||
the person who teaches the elements of the course listed in | ||
Subsections (b)(2) through (5) must be: | ||
(1) a qualified handgun instructor certified under | ||
Section 411.190, Government Code; or | ||
(2) a peace officer who is licensed under Chapter | ||
1701, Occupations Code, and who is employed by a local law | ||
enforcement agency. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |