| 1 | 1 | | By: Cortez (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 2135 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs and Military Installations; May 17, 2013, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to waivers and grants of credit for the requirements to |
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| 12 | 12 | | obtain certain private security licenses to individuals who hold |
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| 13 | 13 | | security credentials from the United States armed forces. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1702.1183, Occupations |
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| 16 | 16 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 1702.1183. RECIPROCAL LICENSE FOR CERTAIN [FOREIGN] |
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| 18 | 18 | | APPLICANTS. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 1702.1183, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 20 | 20 | | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The board shall adopt rules under which the board may |
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| 22 | 22 | | waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license for, and credit |
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| 23 | 23 | | experience for a license requirement to, an individual who the |
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| 24 | 24 | | board determines has acceptable experience gained during service in |
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| 25 | 25 | | a branch of the United States armed forces, including the United |
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| 26 | 26 | | States Coast Guard. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. The Texas Private Security Board shall adopt |
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| 28 | 28 | | rules to implement Section 1702.1183(c), Occupations Code, as added |
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| 29 | 29 | | by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 32 | 32 | | * * * * * |
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