COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2699
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-119, to read:
15-119. School buildings; vulnerability assessments; information; violation; classification
A. On or before August 1, 2020, Each school district and charter school shall have a vulnerability assessment conducted for each building that the school district or charter school owns, rents, occupies or operates.
B. The vulnerability assessment must be conducted by a peace officer who is certified by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board and who has completed the approved threat vulnerability assessment training course that is approved by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board.
C. Each school district and charter school shall submit information gathered by the vulnerability assessment conducted pursuant to this section to the statewide critical infrastructure information system established pursuant to section 41‑1803.
D. Any information concerning school safety needs or security measures that is required to be submitted pursuant to this section does not constitute a public record.
E. In addition to any penalty imposed by federal law, any employee of a school district or charter school that submits or receives information under this section who knowingly publishes, divulges, discloses or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any critical information that the person knows is protected from disclosure by Law is guilty of a class 5 felony.
Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 12, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1828.02, to read:
41-1828.02. Threat vulnerability assessment training; requirement; intergovernmental agreement
A. On or before December 15, 2019, at least one peace officer who is employed by each law enforcement agency in this state shall complete a threat vulnerability assessment training course that is approved by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a law enforcement agency that serves a city, town or county with a population of less than ten thousand persons may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with another law enforcement agency in a contiguous city, town or county to comply with the requirements of subsection A of this section."
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