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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on private investigators' and security |
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officers' use of vehicles that mimic law enforcement vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1702.1301 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1702.1301. RESTRICTIONS ON APPEARANCE OF VEHICLES. |
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(a) A motor vehicle used by a license holder, or an officer, |
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director, partner, manager, or employee of a license holder, in the |
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course of activity licensed by this chapter: |
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(1) must display an inscription containing: |
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(A) the company name of the license holder; and |
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(B) the words "Not Affiliated with Law |
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Enforcement"; and |
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(2) may not display the state seal or another seal or |
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any variation on the state seal or another seal that may give an |
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impression that the person is connected with the federal |
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government, a state government, or a political subdivision of this |
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state. |
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(b) The inscription required by Subsection (a) must be: |
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(1) in a color sufficiently different from the body of |
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the motor vehicle so that the lettering is plainly legible at a |
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distance of not less than 100 feet; and |
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(2) in letters not less than two inches high. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |