78R2661 YDB-D
By: Geren H.B. No. 504
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the private security law for certain
nonprofit businesses or civic organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.327, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.327. NONPROFIT AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. This
chapter does not apply to:
(1) a nonprofit business or civic organization that:
(A) employs a peace officer who meets the
qualifications of Section 1702.322(1) as a patrolman, guard, or
watchman;
(B) provides the services of the peace officer
only to:
(i) the organization's members; or
(ii) if the organization does not have
members, the members of the communities served by the organization
as described in the organization's articles of incorporation or
other organizational documents;
(C) devotes the net receipts from all charges for
the services exclusively to the cost of providing the services or to
the costs of other services for the enhancement of the security or
safety of:
(i) the organization's members; or
(ii) if the organization does not have
members, the members of the communities served by the organization
as described in the organization's articles of incorporation or
other organizational documents; and
(D) does not perform any other service that
requires a license under this chapter; [or]
(2) a charitable, nonprofit organization that
maintains a system of records to aid in the location of missing
children and that:
(A) is exempt from the payment of federal income
taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
its subsequent amendments by being listed as an exempt entity under
Section 501(c)(3) of that code;
(B) exclusively provides services related to
locating missing children; and
(C) does not perform any other service that
requires a license under this chapter; or
(3) a nonprofit business or civic organization that
employs or contracts with a person to provide parking guard and
other facility management services during an event conducted by the
business or organization.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.