84R9748 MAW-D
 
  By: Schaefer H.B. No. 2018
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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;
                     (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 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
  [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 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 [, or dog trainer]
  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.