87R6607 JRR-F
By: Swanson H.B. No. 1400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a
private investigator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter P, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1702.3876 to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.3876. IMPERSONATING PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR;
OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) impersonates a private investigator with the
intent to induce another to submit to the person's pretended
authority or to rely on the person's pretended acts of a private
investigator; or
(2) knowingly purports to exercise any function that
requires licensure as a private investigator.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.