Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Hochberg H.B. No. 3416 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the regulation of certain private investigators and 1-3 private security consultants. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. The Private Investigators and Private Security 1-6 Agencies Act (Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is 1-7 amended by adding Section 3D to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 3D. LIMITATION. A private security consultant who 1-9 obtains information with reference to crimes or losses strictly for 1-10 the purpose of offering advice or services in the field of private 1-11 security is not an investigations company unless the consultant 1-12 otherwise meets the definition of an investigations company under 1-13 this Act. 1-14 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.