Bill Text: TX HB1133 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the application of the Private Security Act for volunteer security services provided at certain places or events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1133-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1133 | ||
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| relating to an exemption from the application of the Private | ||
| Security Act for volunteer security services provided at certain | ||
| places or events. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1702.333, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1702.333. [ |
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| VOLUNTEERS. (a) In this section, "volunteer security services" | ||
| means services or activities that are: | ||
| (1) regulated under this chapter; and | ||
| (2) provided without compensation or remuneration. | ||
| (b) This chapter does not apply to a person who is providing | ||
| volunteer security services on: | ||
| (1) the premises of a church, synagogue, or other | ||
| established place of religious worship; or | ||
| (2) premises where an event sponsored or sanctioned by | ||
| a public primary or secondary school is taking place. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), while [ |
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| providing volunteer security services under Subsection (b), a | ||
| person may not wear a uniform or badge that: | ||
| (1) contains the word "security"; or | ||
| (2) gives the person the appearance of being a peace | ||
| officer, personal protection officer, or security officer. | ||
| (d) A peace officer providing volunteer security services | ||
| under Subsection (b) may: | ||
| (1) with the consent of the head of the employing or | ||
| appointing law enforcement agency, wear the uniform of the agency; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) wear another uniform or badge that gives the | ||
| person the appearance of being a peace officer. | ||
| (e) The reimbursement for or payment of an insurance policy | ||
| insuring a peace officer who provides volunteer security services | ||
| under Subsection (b) for civil liability arising from acts | ||
| occurring while providing those services is not considered | ||
| compensation or reimbursement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1133 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1133 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
