Bill Text: TX HB4098 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to investigations and security provided by former members of the special forces.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4098 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4098-Introduced.html
| By: Troxclair | H.B. No. 4098 | |
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| relating to investigations and security provided by former members | ||
| of the special forces. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 1702.101 and 1702.102, Occupation Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1702.101. INVESTIGATIONS COMPANY LICENSE REQUIRED. | ||
| (a) Unless the person holds a license as an investigations company, | ||
| a person may not: | ||
| (1) act as an investigations company; | ||
| (2) offer to perform the services of an investigations | ||
| company; or | ||
| (3) engage in business activity for which a license is | ||
| required under this chapter. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who has served | ||
| in the special forces as defined by Section 1701.315(a), and is | ||
| conducting counter human-trafficking operations. | ||
| Sec. 1702.102. SECURITY SERVICES CONTRACTOR LICENSE | ||
| REQUIRED; SCOPE OF LICENSE. (a) Unless the person holds a license | ||
| as a security services contractor, a person may not: | ||
| (1) act as an alarm systems company, armored car | ||
| company, courier company, guard company, or locksmith company; | ||
| (2) offer to perform the services of a company in | ||
| Subdivision (1); or | ||
| (3) engage in business activity for which a license is | ||
| required under this chapter. | ||
| (b) A person licensed only as a security services contractor | ||
| may not conduct an investigation other than an investigation | ||
| incidental to the loss, misappropriation, or concealment of | ||
| property that the person has been engaged to protect. | ||
| (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who has served | ||
| in the special forces as defined by Section 1701.315(a), and is | ||
| conducting counter human-trafficking operations. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection 46.15(a)(11) to read as follows: | ||
| (11) a person who has served in the special forces as | ||
| defined by Section 1701.315(a), Occupations Code, and is conducting | ||
| counter human-trafficking operations. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2023. | ||
