84R9305 GCB-D
By: Schaefer H.B. No. 1561
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption from certain security licensure of
certain persons who provide security services on a volunteer basis
at a private primary or secondary school, a church or religious
organization, or the meeting of certain nonprofit organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1702.3245 to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.3245. CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS. (a) This chapter does
not apply to a person who provides volunteer security services on
the premises of:
(1) a private primary or secondary school;
(2) a church, synagogue, or other established place of
religious worship; or
(3) the regular meeting place of a nonprofit
organization for the duration of a meeting of the nonprofit
organization.
(b) In this section, "nonprofit organization" means an
organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under
Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described
as an exempt organization by Section 501(c)(3) of that code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.