Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.601 · Subchapter M. VISITING RESOURCE OFFICER IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter, "school resource officer" means a peace officer who is assigned by the officer's employing political subdivision to provide a police presence at a public school, safety or drug education to students of a public school, or other similar services. The term does not include a peace officer who provides law enforcement at:
(1) a public school only for extracurricular activities; or
(2) a public school event only for extracurricular activities.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 923, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 1191), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1701.htm
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- sha256 62a8955fad81d8bd7888a64cf77b00f8aa848fb5d74707486ab3683e9c8ef2ca
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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