BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 988 By: Fletcher Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Many secured access points and automobiles have electric devices that unlock the access point or vehicle or start the vehicle. With regard to automobiles, these devices sometimes include a chip on or embedded in the head of the key or a key fob device that may be carried in a pocket. Because recent lock technology has moved beyond basic mechanical devices, statutory provisions relating to private security should be updated to reflect the addition of these modern lock devices. H.B. 988 addresses this issue by providing a definition for "lock." RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 988 amends the Occupations Code to define "lock," for purposes of the Private Security Act, as a fastening device that is used to secure, regulate, activate, or control a door, gate, drawer, cabinet, safe, or automobile by means of a mechanical or electric device, including a latch, bolt, key, transmitter, card-reader, keypad, or proximity key fob and that is not monitored by security personnel or services and does not send a signal to which law enforcement or emergency services respond. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 988
By: Fletcher
Homeland Security & Public Safety
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 988
By: Fletcher
Homeland Security & Public Safety
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Many secured access points and automobiles have electric devices that unlock the access point or vehicle or start the vehicle. With regard to automobiles, these devices sometimes include a chip on or embedded in the head of the key or a key fob device that may be carried in a pocket. Because recent lock technology has moved beyond basic mechanical devices, statutory provisions relating to private security should be updated to reflect the addition of these modern lock devices. H.B. 988 addresses this issue by providing a definition for "lock."
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 988 amends the Occupations Code to define "lock," for purposes of the Private Security Act, as a fastening device that is used to secure, regulate, activate, or control a door, gate, drawer, cabinet, safe, or automobile by means of a mechanical or electric device, including a latch, bolt, key, transmitter, card-reader, keypad, or proximity key fob and that is not monitored by security personnel or services and does not send a signal to which law enforcement or emergency services respond.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Many secured access points and automobiles have electric devices that unlock the access point or vehicle or start the vehicle. With regard to automobiles, these devices sometimes include a chip on or embedded in the head of the key or a key fob device that may be carried in a pocket. Because recent lock technology has moved beyond basic mechanical devices, statutory provisions relating to private security should be updated to reflect the addition of these modern lock devices. H.B. 988 addresses this issue by providing a definition for "lock."
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 988 amends the Occupations Code to define "lock," for purposes of the Private Security Act, as a fastening device that is used to secure, regulate, activate, or control a door, gate, drawer, cabinet, safe, or automobile by means of a mechanical or electric device, including a latch, bolt, key, transmitter, card-reader, keypad, or proximity key fob and that is not monitored by security personnel or services and does not send a signal to which law enforcement or emergency services respond.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.