85R21782 BEE-F     By: Dale H.B. No. 1777     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1777:     By:  King of Parker C.S.H.B. No. 1777       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain authorizations or approvals issued by the Texas   Private Security Board.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1702.163(g), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (g)  Chapter 53 does not apply to a determination of whether   an applicant is disqualified from owning or possessing a firearm as   provided by Subsection (b)(1) and an [An] individual's eligibility   under that subsection [this section] is not affected by a   relationship or lack of relationship between the nature of a   criminal charge or conviction and the regulated occupation.          SECTION 2.  Section 1702.1685(c), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (c)  An applicant for a security officer commission must   demonstrate the required proficiency not earlier than the 90th day   [within the 90-day period] before the date the application for the   security officer commission is submitted [issued].          SECTION 3.  Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, is amended   by amending Subsections (b), (g), and (h) and adding Subsection   (b-1) to read as follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] security   officer commission expires on the second anniversary of the date   the commission is issued.          (b-1)  A security officer commission issued to a person who   is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the   United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the   United States expires on the earlier of:                (1)  the second anniversary of the date the commission   is issued; or                (2)  the expiration of the person's lawful presence in   the United States as determined by the appropriate United States   agency in compliance with federal law.          (g)  A letter of authority[,] or a school approval [or school   instructor approval] letter issued by the board[,] expires on the   first anniversary of the date of issuance.          (h)  A license, registration, instructor approval letter, or   endorsement issued under this chapter, other than one specified in   this section, expires on the date specified by this chapter or by   board rule.          SECTION 4.  (a)  Sections 1702.163(g) and 1702.1685(c),   Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an   application for an original or renewal security officer commission   that is submitted 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.          (b)  Section 1702.301, Occupations Code, as amended by this   Act, applies only to a security officer commission or an instructor   approval letter issued or renewed on or after the effective date of   this Act. A security officer commission or an instructor approval   letter issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the security officer   commission or instructor approval letter was issued or renewed, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.