83R8771 SLB-F
By: Cortez H.B. No. 2135
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance by reciprocity of certain private security
licenses to individuals who hold security credentials from the
United States armed forces.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1702.1183, Occupations
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.1183. RECIPROCAL LICENSE FOR CERTAIN [FOREIGN]
APPLICANTS.
SECTION 2. Section 1702.1183, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The board shall adopt rules under which the board may
waive any prerequisites to obtaining a license and issue a license
by reciprocity to an individual who the board determines holds a
current, appropriate security credential from a branch of the
United States armed forces, including the United States Coast
Guard.
SECTION 3. The Texas Private Security Board shall adopt
rules to implement Section 1702.1183(c), Occupations Code, as added
by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.