SRC-JBJ H.B. 940 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 940
77R3902 GJH-DBy: Haggerty (West, Royce)
Criminal Justice
5/6/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Instances have occurred in which an individual posing as a security officer
has unscrupulously gained access to a business or approached individuals
with the intent of committing a crime against the individual or business.
H.B. 940 makes the impersonation of a security officer a Class A
misdemeanor.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 1702P, Occupations Code, by adding Section
1702.3875, as follows: 

Sec. 1702.3875. IMPERSONATING SECURITY OFFICER; OFFENSE.  Provides that a
person commits an offense if the person impersonates a commissioned or
noncommissioned security officer with the intent to induce another to
submit to the person's pretended authority or to rely on the person's
pretended acts of a security officer or knowingly purports to exercise any
function that requires registration as a noncommissioned security officer
or a security officer commission.  Provides that an offense under this
section is a Class A misdemeanor. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.