Bill Text: TX HB2713 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to abolishing the regulation of guard dog trainers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - No action taken in committee [HB2713 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2713-Introduced.html
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By: Goldman | H.B. No. 2713 |
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relating to abolishing the regulation of guard dog trainers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. 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; | ||
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instructor; | ||
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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 2. 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 | ||
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(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 3. 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 [ |
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expires on the second anniversary of the date of endorsement. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1702.225, Occupations Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. On the effective date of this Act, an endorsement | ||
as a dog trainer issued under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, | ||
expires. | ||
SECTION 6. (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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |