HB4023 - Relating to the exemption of certain reserve peace officers from regulation as private security personnel.

      By: Raymond, McLaughlin H.B. No. 4023       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the exemption of certain reserve peace officers from   regulation as private security personnel.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1702.322, Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 1702.322.  LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. This chapter   does not apply to:                (1)  a person who has full-time employment as a peace   officer and who receives compensation for private employment on an   individual or an independent contractor basis as a patrolman,   guard, extra job coordinator, or watchman if the officer:                      (A)  is employed in an employee-employer   relationship or employed on an individual contractual basis:                            (i)  directly by the recipient of the   services; or                            (ii)  by a company licensed under this   chapter;                      (B)  is not in the employ of another peace   officer;                      (C)  is not a reserve peace officer; and                      (D)  works as a peace officer on the average of at   least 32 hours a week, is compensated by the state or a political   subdivision of the state at least at the minimum wage, and is   entitled to all employee benefits offered to a peace officer by the   state or political subdivision;                (2)  a reserve peace officer , if:                       (A)   [ while ] the reserve peace officer is   appointed by a state law enforcement agency or a law enforcement   agency in the county in which the officer is performing guard,   patrolman, or watchman duties for any person or a state agency or   political subdivision;                       (B)  the reserve peace officer [ a county and ] is   being compensated solely by the state agency, or political   subdivision described by Paragraph (A) [ that county ];                       (C)     the chief administrative officer of the   reserve peace officer's appointing law enforcement agency approves   the reserve peace officer to perform the duties described by   Paragraph (A); and                       (D)     the duties described by Paragraph (A) are   performed in a county that:                             (i)     has a population of at least 250,000 but   not more than 650,000; and                             (ii)     is adjacent to an international   border;                (3)  a peace officer acting in an official capacity in   responding to a burglar alarm or detection device; or                (4)  a person engaged in the business of electronic   monitoring of an individual as a condition of that individual's   community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or release   on bail, if the person does not perform any other service that   requires a license under this chapter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.