85R7490 BEE-D
 
  By: Dale H.B. No. 1778
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the expiration of certain security officer commissions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] security
  officer commission expires on the second anniversary of the date
  the commission is issued.
         (b-1)  A security officer commission issued to a person who
  is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the
  United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the
  United States expires on the earlier of:
               (1)  the second anniversary of the date the commission
  is issued; or
               (2)  the expiration of the person's lawful presence in
  the United States as determined by the appropriate United States
  agency in compliance with federal law.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a security officer commission issued or
  renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A security
  officer commission issued or renewed before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the security
  officer commission was issued or renewed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.