82S10664 SLB-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 80
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on certain private security companies' use
of vehicles that mimic law enforcement vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1702.1301 to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.1301. RESTRICTIONS ON APPEARANCE OF VEHICLES.
(a) This section applies only to a motor vehicle that displays the
name of a company and is used by:
(1) a guard company for the purpose of security patrol
services; or
(2) an alarm systems company while responding to an
alarm system or detection device.
(b) A motor vehicle described by Subsection (a):
(1) must display an inscription containing:
(A) the license holder's company name or the name
under which the company conducts business;
(B) the words "Private Patrol Services,"
"Security," "Alarm Response," "Security Patrol," or "Protection,"
in letters not less than two inches high; and
(C) the company's license number, in letters not
less than one inch high; and
(2) may not display a badge or shield emblem, the state
seal or another seal, or any variation on the state seal or another
seal that may give an impression that the person is connected with
the federal government, a state government, or a political
subdivision of this state.
(c) The inscription required by Subsection (b)(1)(B) must
be in a color sufficiently different from the body of the motor
vehicle that the lettering is plainly legible at a distance of not
less than 100 feet.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011.