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House Bill 1132 |
House Author: Haggerty |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Averitt |
House Bill 1132 amends the Occupations Code to transfer the licensing duties for private security officers from the Texas Commission on Private Security to the Texas Private Security Board and to require a license holder to demonstrate compliance with certain standards for minimum marksmanship competency with a handgun, rather than a shotgun. The bill provides that an applicant who is a peace officer is not required to submit fingerprints with the application, but the officer's employer or the entity that maintains the officer's fingerprints must provide the fingerprints to the board upon request, and the officer must provide sufficient information to the board to enable it to obtain the fingerprints. House Bill 1132 also amends the Penal Code to make conforming changes relating to the transfer of licensing responsibilities.