87R1416 MAW-D
By: Sherman, Sr. H.B. No. 932
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the training requirements for commissioned security
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The commission shall establish a basic training course
for commissioned security officers. The course must include, at a
minimum:
(1) general security officer training issues;
(2) classroom instruction on handgun proficiency;
[and]
(3) range instruction on handgun proficiency;
(4) instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
(5) instruction on the use of a Taser device as
described by Subsection (a-1).
(a-1) The commission shall establish a training course for
commissioned security officers regarding the use of a device
intended, designed, made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by
inflicting an electrical charge through the emission of a
projectile or conductive stream. The course must include
instruction on:
(1) the safe use of the device; and
(2) applicable state laws.
SECTION 2. Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a basic training course that begins on
or after January 1, 2022. A basic training course that begins
before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Public Safety
Commission shall update the basic training course for commissioned
security officers to comply with Section 1702.1675, Occupations
Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.