85R21782 BEE-F
By: Dale H.B. No. 1777
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1777:
By: King of Parker C.S.H.B. No. 1777
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain authorizations or approvals issued by the Texas
Private Security Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.163(g), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) Chapter 53 does not apply to a determination of whether
an applicant is disqualified from owning or possessing a firearm as
provided by Subsection (b)(1) and an [An] individual's eligibility
under that subsection [this section] is not affected by a
relationship or lack of relationship between the nature of a
criminal charge or conviction and the regulated occupation.
SECTION 2. Section 1702.1685(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) An applicant for a security officer commission must
demonstrate the required proficiency not earlier than the 90th day
[within the 90-day period] before the date the application for the
security officer commission is submitted [issued].
SECTION 3. Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (b), (g), and (h) and adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] security
officer commission expires on the second anniversary of the date
the commission is issued.
(b-1) A security officer commission issued to a person who
is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the
United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the
United States expires on the earlier of:
(1) the second anniversary of the date the commission
is issued; or
(2) the expiration of the person's lawful presence in
the United States as determined by the appropriate United States
agency in compliance with federal law.
(g) A letter of authority[,] or a school approval [or school
instructor approval] letter issued by the board[,] expires on the
first anniversary of the date of issuance.
(h) A license, registration, instructor approval letter, or
endorsement issued under this chapter, other than one specified in
this section, expires on the date specified by this chapter or by
board rule.
SECTION 4. (a) Sections 1702.163(g) and 1702.1685(c),
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an
application for an original or renewal security officer commission
that is submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
(b) Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a security officer commission or an instructor
approval letter issued or renewed on or after the effective date of
this Act. A security officer commission or an instructor approval
letter issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the security officer
commission or instructor approval letter was issued or renewed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.