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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:47 am
Post subject: How does this affect PC DVR builders in Texas????
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How does this affect PC DVR builders in Texas??
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm
http://cw33.trb.com/news/kdaf-062608-computerspelpina,0,486476.story
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080630/tc_zd/229197
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H.B. No. 2833
AN ACT
relating to the licensing and regulation of certain private
security services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.004, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.004. GENERAL SCOPE OF REGULATION. (a) The board
[commission], in addition to performing duties required by other
law or exercising powers granted by other law:
(1) licenses investigations companies and security
services contractors;
(2) issues commissions to certain security officers;
(3) issues authorizations to certain security
officers engaged in the personal protection of individuals;
(4) registers:
(A) certain individuals connected with a license
holder; and
(B) certain individuals employed in a field
connected to private investigation or private security; and
(5) regulates license holders, security officers, and
registrants under this chapter.
(b) Chapter 53 does not apply to this chapter or to any
licensing, regulatory, or disciplinary determinations made under
this chapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1702.085 to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.085. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Records
maintained by the department under this chapter on the home
address, home telephone number, driver's license number, or social
security number of an applicant or a license holder, registrant, or
security officer commission holder are confidential and are not
subject to mandatory disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 1702.102(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(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] guard dog company,
locksmith company, or private security consultant 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.
SECTION 4. Section 1702.104, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1702.104. INVESTIGATIONS COMPANY. (a) A person acts
as an investigations company for the purposes of this chapter if the
person:
(1) engages in the business of obtaining or
furnishing, or accepts employment to obtain or furnish, information
related to:
(A) crime or wrongs done or threatened against a
state or the United States;
(B) the identity, habits, business, occupation,
knowledge, efficiency, loyalty, movement, location, affiliations,
associations, transactions, acts, reputation, or character of a
person;
(C) the location, disposition, or recovery of
lost or stolen property; or
(D) the cause or responsibility for a fire,
libel, loss, accident, damage, or injury to a person or to property;
(2) engages in the business of securing, or accepts
employment to secure, evidence for use before a court, board,
officer, or investigating committee;
(3) engages in the business of securing, or accepts
employment to secure, the electronic tracking of the location of an
individual or motor vehicle other than for criminal justice
purposes by or on behalf of a governmental entity; or
(4) engages in the business of protecting, or accepts
employment to protect, an individual from bodily harm through the
use of a personal protection officer.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), obtaining or
furnishing information includes information obtained or furnished
through the review and analysis of, and the investigation into the
content of, computer-based data not available to the public.
SECTION 5. Section 1702.113, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
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