Bill Text: TX HB2018 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to guard dog companies and abolishing the regulation of guard dog trainers.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-28 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2018 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2018-Comm_Sub.html

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84R20917 MAW-D
By: Schaefer H.B. No. 2018
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2018:
By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 2018

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to guard dog companies and abolishing the regulation of
guard dog trainers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.109, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.109. GUARD DOG COMPANY. A person acts as a guard
dog company for the purposes of this chapter if the person places,
rents, or sells [, or trains] a dog used to:
(1) protect an individual or property; or
(2) conduct an investigation.
SECTION 2. Section 1702.221(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An individual must obtain the appropriate endorsement
in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and related
administrative rules if the individual:
(1) is employed as:
(A) an alarm instructor;
(B) an alarm systems installer;
(C) an alarm systems monitor;
(D) an electronic access control device
installer;
(E) a level 3 classroom or firearm instructor;
(F) a locksmith;
(G) [a dog trainer;
[(H)] a manager or branch office manager;
(H) [(I)] a noncommissioned security officer;
(I) [(J)] a level 4 personal protection
instructor;
(J) [(K)] a private investigator;
(K) [(L)] a private security consultant;
(L) [(M)] a security salesperson; or
(M) [(N)] an individual whose duties include
performing another activity for which an endorsement is required
under Subsection (e); or
(2) is an owner who oversees the security-related
aspects of the business, officer, partner, or shareholder of a
license holder.
SECTION 3. Section 1702.283, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.283. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. A person who has been
convicted of cruelty to animals under Section 42.09 or 42.092,
Penal Code:
(1) is ineligible for a license as a guard dog company
[or for endorsement as a dog trainer]; and
(2) may not be employed to work with dogs as a security
officer by a security services contractor or security department of
a private business that uses dogs to protect individuals or
property or to conduct investigations.
SECTION 4. Section 1702.301(d), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Endorsement as a private investigator, manager, branch
office manager, alarm systems installer, security consultant,
security salesperson, or alarm systems monitor [, or dog trainer]
expires on the second anniversary of the date of endorsement.
SECTION 5. Section 1702.225, Occupations Code, is repealed.
SECTION 6. On the effective date of this Act, an endorsement
as a dog trainer issued under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code,
expires.
SECTION 7. (a) The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the validity of a proceeding pending before a court or other
governmental entity on the effective date of this Act.
(b) An offense or other violation of law committed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
the offense or violation was committed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
subsection, an offense or violation was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or
violation occurred before that date.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.