Bill Text: TX HB2430 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for the use of an insignia or design by guard companies under the Private Security Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Calendars Committee [HB2430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2430-Comm_Sub.html
| 85R7824 TSR-F | ||
| By: Goldman, et al. | H.B. No. 2430 | |
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| relating to requirements for the use of an insignia or design by | ||
| guard companies under the Private Security Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1702.1305 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1702.1305. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF INSIGNIAS AND | ||
| DESIGNS BY GUARD COMPANIES. (a) This section applies only to a | ||
| person who holds a security services contractor license and acts | ||
| as, offers to provide the services of, or engages in the business of | ||
| a guard company. | ||
| (b) A person may not use an insignia or design on a uniform | ||
| or motor vehicle that will be used by the person or the person's | ||
| officer, director, partner, manager, or employee while performing | ||
| duties as a guard company under this chapter unless the person: | ||
| (1) submits the insignia or design to the department; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) obtains the department's approval to use the | ||
| insignia or design on the uniform or motor vehicle. | ||
| (c) The board by rule shall prescribe procedures for the | ||
| submission and approval of an insignia or design under this | ||
| section. | ||
| (d) The rules may require that a person subject to this | ||
| section submit a proposed insignia or design for department | ||
| approval as a part of the person's application for a license if the | ||
| person intends to use an insignia or design in the manner described | ||
| by Subsection (b). | ||
| (e) The board may not renew the license of a person who | ||
| violates this section or a rule adopted under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than March 31, 2018, the Texas Private | ||
| Security Board shall adopt rules to implement Section 1702.1305, | ||
| Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1702.1305(e), Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to the renewal of a security services | ||
| contractor license that expires on or after September 1, 2018. A | ||
| security services contractor license that expires before that date | ||
| 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 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| (b) Section 1702.1305, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, takes effect September 1, 2018. | ||
