By Haggerty H.B. No. 940 77R3902 GJH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of a criminal offense for impersonating a 1-3 security officer regulated by the Texas Commission on Private 1-4 Security. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter P, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 1702.3875 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 1702.3875. IMPERSONATING SECURITY OFFICER; OFFENSE. (a) 1-9 A person commits an offense if the person: 1-10 (1) impersonates a commissioned or noncommissioned 1-11 security officer with the intent to induce another to submit to the 1-12 person's pretended authority or to rely on the person's pretended 1-13 acts of a security officer; or 1-14 (2) knowingly purports to exercise any function that 1-15 requires registration as a noncommissioned security officer or a 1-16 security officer commission. 1-17 (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.