By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2069     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the required posting of signs regarding human   trafficking penalties by certain schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 37.086(a), (b), and (c), Education   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  In this section, "school"[:                [(1)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section   481.134, Health and Safety Code.                [(2)  "School"] means a public [or private] primary or   secondary school.          (b)  Each public school shall post warning signs of the   increased penalties for trafficking of persons under Section   20A.02(b-1)(2), Penal Code, in a [at the following locations:                [(1)  parallel to and along the exterior boundaries of   the school's premises;                [(2)  at each roadway or other way of access to the   premises;                [(3)  for premises not fenced, at least every five   hundred feet along the exterior boundaries of the premises;                [(4)  at each entrance to the premises; and                [(5) at] conspicuous place [places] reasonably likely   to be viewed by all school employees and visitors [persons entering   the premises].          (c)  The agency, in consultation with the human trafficking   prevention task force created under Section 402.035, Government   Code, shall adopt rules regarding the [placement, installation,   design, size,] wording[, and maintenance procedures] for the   warning signs required under this section and requiring[.  The   rules must require] that each warning sign:                (1)  include a description of the provisions of Section   20A.02(b-1), Penal Code, including the penalties for violating that   section;                (2)  be written in English and Spanish; and                (3)  be at least 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size.          SECTION 2.  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, 2023.