85R7490 BEE-D
By: Dale H.B. No. 1778
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expiration of certain security officer commissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) 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.
SECTION 2. Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a security officer commission issued or
renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A security
officer commission issued or renewed before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the security
officer commission was issued or renewed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.