Texas Statutes
Subchapter C. Law and Order
Section 37.086. Required Posting of Warning Signs of Increased Trafficking Penalties

Sec. 37.086. REQUIRED POSTING OF WARNING SIGNS OF INCREASED TRAFFICKING PENALTIES. (a) In this section:
(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 school shall post warning signs of the increased penalties for trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(b-1)(2), Penal Code, 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 places reasonably likely to be viewed by all 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. 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.
(d) The agency shall provide each school without charge the number of warning signs required to comply with this section and rules adopted under this section. If the agency is unable to provide each school with the number of signs necessary to comply with Subsection (b), the agency may:
(1) provide to a school fewer signs than the number necessary to comply with that section; and
(2) prioritize distribution of signs to schools based on reports of criminal activity in the areas near that school.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2021.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 1831), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.