78S10213 SMH-D

By:  Allen                                                        H.B. No. 61 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the abolition of the Texas Commission on Private 
Security and the transfer of its functions to the Department of 
Public Safety of the State of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1702.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1702.005.  COMMISSION ABOLISHED AND FUNCTIONS 
TRANSFERRED.  (a)  The commission is abolished, and all powers, 
duties, personnel, property, assets, and obligations of the 
commission are transferred to the Department of Public Safety of 
the State of Texas.  The validity of a prior action of the 
commission is not affected by the abolishment.
	(b)  All rules of the commission relating to a transferred 
power or duty remain in effect as rules of the Department of Public 
Safety of the State of Texas until amended or repealed by the 
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
	(c)  A reference in this chapter or another law to the 
commission means the Department of Public Safety of the State of 
Texas.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect November 1, 2003.