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;

© 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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What do you guys think?

[crirvine 0]

I think it is great it keeps the lot lizards that sell out of the trunk of their car out of the state. We have laws like here also just as you do in the state of Florida. You have the people that buy from sams for $900.00 and tell the customer it is a pro system and sell it for several thousands of dollars and it gives our industry a bad name. I am all for it.