Tex. Transp. Code § 600.004 · Chapter 600. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
TRAINING OF SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A local authority may authorize a school crossing guard to direct traffic in a school crossing zone if the guard successfully completes a training program in traffic direction as defined by the basic peace officer course curriculum established by the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education.
(b) A school crossing guard trained under this section:
(1) is not a peace officer; and
(2) may not carry a weapon while directing traffic in a school crossing zone.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 724, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.600.htm
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- 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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