Texas HB 3687: Relating to the appearance of a license to carry a handgun, personal identification certificate, or driver's license issued to a person who is not a citizen of the United States.

Status: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety (as of 2019-03-19)

State: Texas · Session: 86 · Bill: HB 3687

Subjects: Aliens (I0032), Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840), IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074), PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)

Sponsors: Middleton

Bill Text

89(R) HB 3687 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 3687

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to certification requirements for a fire marshal and any 

  

 related employee, officer, inspector, and investigator appointed 

  

 by certain counties and emergency services districts.

  

        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

  

        SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 775, Health and Safety 

  

 Code, is amended by adding Section 775.1025 to read as follows:

  

        Sec. 775.1025.  CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRICTS 

  

 LOCATED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)  This section applies only to a 

  

 district wholly located in a county with a population of 100,000 or 

  

 more.

  

        (b)  The fire marshal shall hold the following 

  

 certifications issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection:

  

              (1)  head of a prevention-only fire department 

  

 certification not later than 12 months after the date the marshal is 

  

 initially appointed;

  

              (2)  a fire marshal basic certification not later than 

  

 24 months after the date the marshal is initially appointed; and

  

              (3)  a fire protection personnel certification not 

  

 later than 12 months after the date the marshal is initially 

  

 appointed.

  

        (c)  If acting as a peace officer, the fire marshal and any 

  

 related officer, inspector, and investigator must hold a permanent 

  

 peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code.

  

        (d)  If acting under fire marshal authority to conduct or 

  

 supervise arson investigations or fire inspections, the fire 

  

 marshal or the marshal's employees must hold certifications 

  

 required for fire inspection by the Texas Commission on Fire 

  

 Protection under Chapter 419, Government Code.

  

        SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government 

  

 Code, is amended by adding Section 352.0125 to read as follows:

  

        Sec. 352.0125.  CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN 

  

 COUNTIES. (a)  This section applies only to a county with a 

  

 population of 100,000 or more.

  

        (b)  A county fire marshal shall hold the following 

  

 certifications issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection:

  

              (1)  head of a prevention-only fire department 

  

 certification not later than 12 months after the date the marshal is 

  

 initially appointed;

  

              (2)  a fire marshal basic certification not later than 

  

 24 months after the date the marshal is initially appointed; and

  

              (3)  a fire protection personnel certification not 

  

 later than 12 months after the date the marshal is initially 

  

 appointed.

  

        (c)  If acting as a peace officer, a county fire marshal and 

  

 any related officer, inspector, and investigator must hold a 

  

 permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, 

  

 Occupations Code.

  

        (d)  If acting under fire marshal authority to conduct or 

  

 supervise arson investigations or fire inspections, a county fire 

  

 marshal or the marshal's employees must hold certifications 

  

 required for fire inspection by the Texas Commission on Fire 

  

 Protection under Chapter 419, Government Code.

  

        SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Sections 775.1025, Health and 

  

 Safety Code, and 352.0125, Local Government Code, as added by this 

  

 Act, a fire marshal for a county with a population of 100,000 or 

  

 more or for an emergency services district wholly lo

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