Bill Text: TX HB1480 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to company representatives for private security companies; requiring an occupational license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB1480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1480-Introduced.html
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| By: Clardy | H.B. No. 1480 | |
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| 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. | ||
