JWW H.B. 2880 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS PUBLIC SAFETY H.B. 2880 By: Carter 4-28-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Currently, a company licensed to engage in activities regulated by the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies is prohibited from engaging in those activities during any time that its license is suspended. This applies to security guards, private investigators, alarm companies and monitoring companies. Customers of a company whose license has been suspended could suddenly find themselves without protection. PURPOSE This bill will allow alarm or monitoring companies to continue to monitor existing contracts up to thirty days after their license has been suspended, thus allowing customers up to thirty days to find a new company. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1 Amends Section 47, The Private Investigators and Private Security Act, Article 4413 (29)(bb), Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes by allowing an alarm company or monitoring company with a suspended license to continue to monitor existing contracts for thirty days following the suspension. SECTION 2 Emergency Clause.