H.B. No. 4030
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4030 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4030 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor