Bill Text: TX HB421 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from application of the Private Security Act for volunteer security services provided at a place of religious worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 49-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Considered in Calendars [HB421 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB421-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Rinaldi, Kuempel, Villalba, Phelan, | H.B. No. 421 | ||
| King of Parker, et al. | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 421: | |||
| By: Burns | C.S.H.B. No. 421 | ||
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| relating to an exemption from application of the Private Security | ||
| Act for volunteer security services provided at a place of | ||
| religious worship. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1702.333 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1702.333. PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP; CERTAIN | ||
| VOLUNTEERS. (a) In this section, "volunteer security services" | ||
| means services or activities that are: | ||
| (1) regulated under this chapter; and | ||
| (2) provided without compensation or remuneration. | ||
| (b) This chapter does not apply to a person who is providing | ||
| volunteer security services on the premises of a church, synagogue, | ||
| or other established place of religious worship. | ||
| (c) While providing volunteer security services under | ||
| Subsection (b), a person may not wear a uniform or badge that: | ||
| (1) contains the word "security"; or | ||
| (2) gives the person the appearance of being a peace | ||
| officer, personal protection officer, or security officer. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
