Bill > HB4941

This bill amends several provisions related to the regulation of private security in Texas. Key changes include: - Allowing applicants for a company license or security officer commission to be charged with, but not necessarily convicted of, certain misdemeanors or felonies. - Removing the requirement for company license holders to maintain a surety bond, while still requiring them to maintain insurance coverage. - Reducing the number of required photographs for company license holders to maintain. - Prohibiting certain individuals qualified to purchase handguns solely for hunting purposes from obtaining a security officer commission. - Extending the timeframe for demonstrating proficiency exam passage from 90 days to 12 months for security officer commission applications and renewals. - Allowing security officer commissions for non-citizens to expire based on their lawful presence in the U.S. - Authorizing the revocation of a security officer commission for failing to provide medical records or undergo required examinations. - Expanding the notice requirements for summary actions against licensees to include email. - Clarifying the powers and limitations of private investigators and commissioned security officers executing certain warrants. - Removing commissioned investigators of the Texas Private Security Board from the definition of "peace officers" in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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