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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the training requirements for commissioned security |
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officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The commission shall establish a basic training course |
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for commissioned security officers. The course must include, at a |
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minimum: |
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(1) general security officer training issues; |
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(2) classroom instruction on handgun proficiency; |
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[and] |
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(3) range instruction on handgun proficiency; |
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(4) instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and |
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(5) instruction on the use of a Taser device as |
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described by Subsection (a-1). |
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(a-1) The commission shall establish a training course for |
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commissioned security officers regarding the use of a device |
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intended, designed, made, or adapted to incapacitate a person by |
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inflicting an electrical charge through the emission of a |
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projectile or conductive stream. The course must include |
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instruction on: |
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(1) the safe use of the device; and |
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(2) applicable state laws. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1702.1675, Occupations Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a basic training course that begins on |
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or after January 1, 2022. A basic training course that begins |
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before January 1, 2022, is governed by the law in effect immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Public Safety |
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Commission shall update the basic training course for commissioned |
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security officers to comply with Section 1702.1675, Occupations |
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Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |