SRC-TAG S.B. 841 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 841
78R2808 SMH-DBy: Whitmire
Criminal Justice
3/17/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act
(Private Security Act) enables full-time active peace officers who are
employed by a municipality or the state to work off-duty employment as
well as supervise and coordinate scheduling as an extra job coordinator
for other municipal or state peace officers to work off-duty as guards,
patrolmen, or watchmen.  As proposed S.B. 841 modifies the definition of
"extra job coordinator" in the Private Security Act to make it applicable
to full-time employees of a political subdivision of the state.  

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 Section 1702.002(7), Occupations Code, to replace
"municipality" with "political subdivision of the state" in the definition
of an "extra job coordinator" in reference to peace officers who work in
that position. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1,2003.