| 1 | 1 | | 84R9748 MAW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Goldman H.B. No. 2713 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to abolishing the regulation of guard dog trainers. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 1702.221(b), Occupations Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) An individual must obtain the appropriate endorsement |
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| 12 | 12 | | in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and related |
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| 13 | 13 | | administrative rules if the individual: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) is employed as: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (A) an alarm instructor; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (B) an alarm systems installer; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (C) an alarm systems monitor; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (D) an electronic access control device |
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| 19 | 19 | | installer; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (E) a level 3 classroom or firearm instructor; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (F) a locksmith; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (G) [a dog trainer; |
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| 23 | 23 | | [(H)] a manager or branch office manager; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (H) [(I)] a noncommissioned security officer; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (I) [(J)] a level 4 personal protection |
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| 26 | 26 | | instructor; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (J) [(K)] a private investigator; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (K) [(L)] a private security consultant; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (L) [(M)] a security salesperson; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (M) [(N)] an individual whose duties include |
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| 31 | 31 | | performing another activity for which an endorsement is required |
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| 32 | 32 | | under Subsection (e); or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) is an owner who oversees the security-related |
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| 34 | 34 | | aspects of the business, officer, partner, or shareholder of a |
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| 35 | 35 | | license holder. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. Section 1702.283, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 37 | 37 | | to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 1702.283. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. A person who has been |
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| 39 | 39 | | convicted of cruelty to animals under Section 42.09 or 42.092, |
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| 40 | 40 | | Penal Code: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) is ineligible for a license as a guard dog company |
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| 42 | 42 | | [or for endorsement as a dog trainer]; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) may not be employed to work with dogs as a security |
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| 44 | 44 | | officer by a security services contractor or security department of |
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| 45 | 45 | | a private business that uses dogs to protect individuals or |
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| 46 | 46 | | property or to conduct investigations. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. Section 1702.301(d), Occupations Code, is |
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| 48 | 48 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (d) Endorsement as a private investigator, manager, branch |
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| 50 | 50 | | office manager, alarm systems installer, security consultant, |
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| 51 | 51 | | security salesperson, or alarm systems monitor [, or dog trainer] |
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| 52 | 52 | | expires on the second anniversary of the date of endorsement. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. Section 1702.225, Occupations Code, is repealed. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 5. On the effective date of this Act, an endorsement |
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| 55 | 55 | | as a dog trainer issued under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, |
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| 56 | 56 | | expires. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 6. (a) The change in law made by this Act does not |
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| 58 | 58 | | affect the validity of a proceeding pending before a court or other |
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| 59 | 59 | | governmental entity on the effective date of this Act. |
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| 60 | 60 | | (b) An offense or other violation of law committed before |
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| 61 | 61 | | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when |
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| 62 | 62 | | the offense or violation was committed, and the former law is |
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| 63 | 63 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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| 64 | 64 | | subsection, an offense or violation was committed before the |
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| 65 | 65 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or |
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| 66 | 66 | | violation occurred before that date. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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