88R4558 JTZ-F
By: Johnson S.B. No. 1417
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to company representatives for private security
companies; requiring an occupational license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subdivision (5-c) and adding Subdivision (5-d) to read
as follows:
(5-c) "Company representative" means an individual
who is responsible for a company license holder's compliance with
this chapter.
(5-d) "Department" means the Department of Public
Safety of the State of Texas.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Sections 1702.1155 and 1702.126 to read as
follows:
Sec. 1702.1155. COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE LICENSE. (a) An
individual may not act as a company representative for a company
license holder unless the individual is licensed under this section
as a company representative.
(b) An application for a company representative license
under this section must be in the form prescribed by the department
and include:
(1) the full name and business address of the
applicant; and
(2) a statement as to whether the applicant:
(A) is additionally applying for or holds a
company license; or
(B) is applying for the company representative
license to serve as the company representative for a company
license holder that is not the applicant.
(c) An applicant is eligible for a company representative
license if the applicant has passed the licensing examination under
Section 1702.117. The applicant is not required to meet any
experience requirement for a company license under this subchapter.
Sec. 1702.126. DESIGNATION OF COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE. (a)
A company license holder shall:
(1) if the company license holder is an individual who
also holds a company representative license, designate that
individual as the company representative; or
(2) if the company license holder does not hold a
company representative license, designate a company representative
license holder as the company representative.
(b) A company representative designated under Subsection
(a)(2) is not required to be:
(1) an officer who oversees the security-related
aspects of the company license holder's business;
(2) a partner or shareholder of the company license
holder; or
(3) an owner of a specified percentage of the company
license holder's business.
(c) A company representative designated under this section
is the individual to whom the department may direct all
correspondence regarding the company license holder.
SECTION 3. (a) The Public Safety Commission shall adopt
rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act not
later than December 1, 2023. A person is not required to obtain a
license under Section 1702.1155, Occupations Code, as added by this
Act, to act as a company representative before January 1, 2024.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, a company license holder
shall designate a company representative in accordance with Section
1702.126, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.