85R1112 LHC-D
By: Rinaldi H.B. No. 421
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption from application of the Private Security
Act of certain persons who provide security services on a volunteer
basis at a place of religious worship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1702.333 to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.333. PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP; CERTAIN
VOLUNTEERS. This chapter does not apply to a person who is
providing volunteer security services on the premises of a church,
synagogue, or other established place of religious worship.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.