Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1224 amends provisions of the Occupations Code relating to the licensing of businesses and people in the investigation and security industry to authorize the Texas Commission on Private Security to commission investigators as peace officers. The commission is required to develop a continuing education course for the renewal of a security officer commission. The bill modifies the fees charged by the commission and the applicability of the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act.

            The bill expands the definition of an "extra job coordinator" to include a peace officer who is employed full-time by a political subdivision of the state and deletes the reference to employment by a municipality. The bill establishes that a person acts as an alarm systems company if the person consults with a person to sell, install, service, monitor, or respond to an alarm system or detection device. The bill adds to the list of offenses for a person regulated under the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act to make it a state jail felony to contract with a bail bond surety to secure the appearance of a person who has forfeited a bail bond with certain exceptions.

            The bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to expand the list of persons authorized to execute an arrest warrant and a capias.