Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R20917 MAW-D
2	2	By: Schaefer H.B. No. 2018
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2018:
4	4	By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 2018
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to guard dog companies and abolishing the regulation of
10	10	guard dog trainers.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 1702.109, Occupations Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 1702.109. GUARD DOG COMPANY. A person acts as a guard
15	15	dog company for the purposes of this chapter if the person places,
16	16	rents, or sells [, or trains] a dog used to:
17	17	(1) protect an individual or property; or
18	18	(2) conduct an investigation.
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 1702.221(b), Occupations Code, is
20	20	amended to read as follows:
21	21	(b) An individual must obtain the appropriate endorsement
22	22	in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and related
23	23	administrative rules if the individual:
24	24	(1) is employed as:
25	25	(A) an alarm instructor;
26	26	(B) an alarm systems installer;
27	27	(C) an alarm systems monitor;
28	28	(D) an electronic access control device
29	29	installer;
30	30	(E) a level 3 classroom or firearm instructor;
31	31	(F) a locksmith;
32	32	(G) [a dog trainer;
33	33	[(H)] a manager or branch office manager;
34	34	(H) [(I)] a noncommissioned security officer;
35	35	(I) [(J)] a level 4 personal protection
36	36	instructor;
37	37	(J) [(K)] a private investigator;
38	38	(K) [(L)] a private security consultant;
39	39	(L) [(M)] a security salesperson; or
40	40	(M) [(N)] an individual whose duties include
41	41	performing another activity for which an endorsement is required
42	42	under Subsection (e); or
43	43	(2) is an owner who oversees the security-related
44	44	aspects of the business, officer, partner, or shareholder of a
45	45	license holder.
46	46	SECTION 3. Section 1702.283, Occupations Code, is amended
47	47	to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 1702.283. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. A person who has been
49	49	convicted of cruelty to animals under Section 42.09 or 42.092,
50	50	Penal Code:
51	51	(1) is ineligible for a license as a guard dog company
52	52	[or for endorsement as a dog trainer]; and
53	53	(2) may not be employed to work with dogs as a security
54	54	officer by a security services contractor or security department of
55	55	a private business that uses dogs to protect individuals or
56	56	property or to conduct investigations.
57	57	SECTION 4. Section 1702.301(d), Occupations Code, is
58	58	amended to read as follows:
59	59	(d) Endorsement as a private investigator, manager, branch
60	60	office manager, alarm systems installer, security consultant,
61	61	security salesperson, or alarm systems monitor [, or dog trainer]
62	62	expires on the second anniversary of the date of endorsement.
63	63	SECTION 5. Section 1702.225, Occupations Code, is repealed.
64	64	SECTION 6. On the effective date of this Act, an endorsement
65	65	as a dog trainer issued under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code,
66	66	expires.
67	67	SECTION 7. (a) The change in law made by this Act does not
68	68	affect the validity of a proceeding pending before a court or other
69	69	governmental entity on the effective date of this Act.
70	70	(b) An offense or other violation of law committed before
71	71	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
72	72	the offense or violation was committed, and the former law is
73	73	continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
74	74	subsection, an offense or violation was committed before the
75	75	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or
76	76	violation occurred before that date.
77	77	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.