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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption from certain security licensure of |
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certain persons who provide security services on a volunteer basis |
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at a private primary or secondary school, a church or religious |
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organization, or the meeting of certain nonprofit organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1702.3245 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1702.3245. CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS. (a) This chapter does |
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not apply to a person who provides volunteer security services on |
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the premises of: |
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(1) a private primary or secondary school; |
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(2) a church, synagogue, or other established place of |
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religious worship; or |
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(3) the regular meeting place of a nonprofit |
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organization for the duration of a meeting of the nonprofit |
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organization. |
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(b) In this section, "nonprofit organization" means an |
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organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under |
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Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described |
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as an exempt organization by Section 501(c)(3) of that code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |