H.B. No. 1241
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duty of the security department of a private
  business to maintain criminal history record information for
  security department employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1702.323, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  The security department of a private business may not
  hire or employ an individual to perform a duty described by Section
  1702.222 if the individual has been convicted of a crime that would
  otherwise preclude the individual from being registered under this
  chapter. The private business shall maintain the individual's
  criminal history record on file at the business and shall make the
  record available for inspection by the Department of Public Safety.
         (c-1) Although the security department of a private business
  that hires or employs an individual as a private security officer to
  possess a firearm in the course and scope of the individual's duties
  is required to apply for a security officer commission for the
  individual under this chapter, the security department of a private
  business is not required to apply to the commission for any license
  under this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act by the
  amendment of Section 1702.323, Occupations Code, applies to an
  individual employed by the security department of a private
  business on or after the effective date of this Act regardless of
  the date on which the individual began employment.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1241 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1241 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor