By: Dale (Senate Sponsor - Huffman)	H.B. No. 4030
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
	May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to applications for and certain information regarding an
	applicant for registration or endorsement under the Private
	Security Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1702.230, Occupations Code, is amended
	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f)
	to read as follows:
	(a)  An application for registration or endorsement must be
	verified and include:
	(1)  the applicant's full name, residence address,
	residence telephone number, date and place of birth, and social
	security number;
	(2)  a statement that:
	(A)  lists each name used by the applicant, other
	than the name by which the applicant is known at the time of
	application, and an explanation stating each place where each name
	was used, the date of each use, and a full explanation of the
	reasons the name was used; or
	(B)  states that the applicant has never used a
	name other than the name by which the applicant is known at the time
	of application;
	(3)  the name and address of the applicant's employer
	and, if applicable, the applicant's consulting firm;
	(4)  the date the employment commenced;
	(5)  a letter from the license holder requesting that
	the applicant be registered or endorsed;
	(6)  the title of the position occupied by the
	applicant and a description of the applicant's duties; [and]
	(7)  the required fees, including the criminal history
	check fee established under Section 1702.282;
	(8)  fingerprints of the applicant provided in the
	manner prescribed by the board; and
	(9)  any other information, evidence, statement, or
	document required by the board.
	(d)  For purposes of Subsection (a), an application is not
	considered to be verified until the board has received electronic
	verification from the department or the Federal Bureau of
	Investigation, as applicable, that the applicant has submitted the
	applicant's fingerprints.
	(e)  The board shall make information available to the public
	concerning whether an applicant for registration or endorsement has
	met the requirements under this chapter for performing a service
	for which the registration or endorsement is required.
	(f)  If information concerning an applicant is not made
	available under Subsection (e) before the 48th hour after the time
	the applicant's fingerprints are submitted in accordance with
	Subsection (a), the applicant may begin performing the duties of
	employment for which the registration or endorsement is required,
	other than duties as a commissioned security officer, if the
	employer or its agent:
	(1)  verifies through the department's publicly
	accessible website that the applicant is:
	(A)  not disqualified for the registration or
	endorsement based on the applicant's criminal history; and
	(B)  not required to register as a sex offender
	under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
	(2)  maintains in the applicant's employee file a copy
	of the search results obtained under Subdivision (1).
	SECTION 2.  Section 1702.230(a), Occupations Code, as
	amended by this Act, applies only to an application for
	registration or endorsement that is submitted to the Texas Private
	Security Board on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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