78R5222 JMM-F

By:  Haggerty                                                     H.B. No. 1220



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of an offense for failing to return to 
an employer items that may be used to impersonate a security 
officer.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 1702.387, Occupations 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1702.387.  FAILURE TO SURRENDER CERTAIN ITEMS
[DOCUMENTS];  OFFENSE.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1702.387, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A person commits an offense if the person fails to 
surrender immediately on demand, or not later than the seventh day 
after the date of terminating employment, any uniform, badge, or 
other item of equipment issued to the person by an employer that 
could be used to impersonate a commissioned or noncommissioned 
security officer.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.