By: Fletcher (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 1093
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
April 18, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 15, 2013, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1093 By: Estes
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Texas Private Security Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.021(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven
members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the
senate as follows:
(1) three [four] public members, each of whom is a
citizen of the United States;
(2) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a
private investigator;
(3) one member who is licensed under this chapter as an
alarm systems company; [and]
(4) one member who is licensed under this chapter as
the owner or operator of a guard company; and
(5) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a
locksmith.
SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2015, the governor
shall appoint the members of the Texas Private Security Board
necessary to ensure that the composition of the board complies with
Section 1702.021, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.
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