By Carter                                       H.B. No. 1436

      75R5096 GJH-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the fee for and term of state registration as a

 1-3     noncommissioned security officer.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Sections 17(a) and (d), Private Investigators and

 1-6     Private Security Agencies Act (Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas

 1-7     Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:

 1-8           (a)  The [If the General Appropriations Act does not specify

 1-9     the amount of the fee, the] board by rule shall establish

1-10     reasonable and necessary fees that produce funds sufficient for the

1-11     administration of this Act but that do not produce unnecessary fund

1-12     balances and do not exceed the following amounts:

1-13           Class A license                                          $225

1-14           (original and renewal)

1-15           Class B license                                           225

1-16           (original and renewal)

1-17           Class C license                                           340

1-18           (original and renewal)

1-19           Reinstate suspended license                               150

1-20           Assignment of license                                     150

1-21           Change name of license                                     75

1-22           Delinquency fee                                         _____

1-23           Branch office certificate and renewal                     150

 2-1           Registration fee for private investigators,

 2-2           managers, branch office managers,

 2-3           and alarm systems installers                               20

 2-4           (original and renewal)

 2-5           Registration fee for noncommissioned

 2-6           security officer                                      20 [35]

 2-7           Registration fee for security sales person                 20

 2-8           Registration fee for alarm systems monitor                 20

 2-9           Registration fee for dog trainer                           20

2-10           Registration fee for owner, officer, partner,

2-11           or shareholder of a licensee                               20

2-12           Registration fee for security consultants                  55

2-13           Security officer commission fee                            35

2-14           (original and renewal)

2-15           School instructor fee                                     100

2-16           (original and renewal)

2-17           School approval fee                                       250

2-18           (original and renewal)

2-19           Letter of authority fee for private businesses

2-20           and political subdivisions                                225

2-21           (original and renewal)

2-22           FBI fingerprint check                                      25

2-23           Duplicate pocket card                                      10

2-24           Employee information update fee                            15

2-25           Burglar alarm sellers renewal fee                          25

2-26           Personal protection authorization                          50

 3-1           (d)  A Class A, Class B, or Class C license is valid for one

 3-2     year from the date of issuance.  Registration as a private

 3-3     investigator, manager, branch office manager, alarm systems

 3-4     installer, security consultant, security sales person, alarm

 3-5     systems monitor, or dog trainer is valid for two years from the

 3-6     date of registration, except that an initial registration as an

 3-7     alarm systems installer or security sales person is valid for one

 3-8     year from the date of registration if the board requires

 3-9     registrants to be trained or tested pursuant to Section 32(f) of

3-10     this Act.  Registration as an owner, officer, partner, or

3-11     shareholder of a licensee is valid for two years from the date of

3-12     registration.  Registration as a noncommissioned security officer

3-13     is valid for two [four] years from the date of registration.  A

3-14     letter of authority, or a school approval or school instructor

3-15     approval letter issued by the board, is valid for one year from the

3-16     date of issuance.  Other licenses or registrations issued under

3-17     this Act are valid for the period specified by this Act or by board

3-18     rule.

3-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.  The

3-20     change in law made by this Act applies only to original and renewal

3-21     registrations that occur on or after the effective date of this

3-22     Act. A renewal or original registration that occurs before the

3-23     effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect at the

3-24     time of the registration, and the former law is continued in effect

3-25     for that purpose.

3-26           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

3-27     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 4-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 4-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 4-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.