Sec. 600.004.  TRAINING OF SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD.  (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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 724, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.