Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau -
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(2024/2025)
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions - - (a) The board, 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 endorsements to certain security officers engaged in the personal protection of individuals;
(4) registers and endorses:
(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, registrants, and endorsement holders under this chapter.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(b) - General Provisions - - (b) The board shall adopt rules
necessary to comply with Chapter 53. In its rules under this section, the board shall list the specific
offenses for each category of regulated persons for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the
board to take action under Section 53.021.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(a) - Department of Public Safety - - (a) The board created
under Section 1702.021 is a part of the department. The department shall administer this chapter
through the board.
,Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(b) - Department of Public Safety - - (b) A reference in this
chapter or another law to the Texas Commission on Private Security means the board.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.006 - Foreign Entity Registration - - Licensure under this
chapter does not exempt a foreign entity from the registration requirements of Chapter 9, Business
Organizations Code.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(a) - Board Membership - - (a) The Texas Private Security
Board consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate
as follows:
(1) three public members, each of whom is a citizen of the United States;
(2) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a private investigator;
(3) one member who is licensed under this chapter as an alarm systems company;
(4) one member who is licensed under this chapter as the owner or operator of a guard company; and
(5) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a locksmith.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(b) - Board Membership - - b) Appointments to the board
shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the
appointee.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.023 - Eligibility of Public Members - - The board's public
members must be representatives of the general public. A person may not be a public member of the
board if the person or the person's spouse:
(1) is registered, commissioned, certified, or licensed by a regulatory agency in the field of private
investigations or private security;
,(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization
regulated by or receiving money from the board;
(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other
organization regulated by or receiving money from the board; or
(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the board other
than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or
expenses.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.024(a) - Membership and Employee Restrictions - - (a) In this
section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or
professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in
dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interests.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.024(b) - Membership and Employee Restrictions - - (b) A
person may not be a board member, and may not be a department employee whose primary duties
include private security regulation and who is employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or
professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime
provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), and its subsequent amendments, if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of
private investigation or private security; or
(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field
of private investigation or private security.
, Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.024(c) - Membership and Employee Restrictions - - (c) A
person may not be a board member or act as general counsel to the board or agency if the person is
required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's
activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the agency.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.025(a) - Terms; Vacancies - - (a) The board members serve
staggered six-year terms, with the terms of two or three members expiring on January 31 of each odd-
numbered year.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.025(b) - Terms; Vacancies - - (b) If a vacancy occurs during the
term of a board member, the governor shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired term.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.026(a) Officers - - (a) The governor shall designate one board
member as presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor. The governor shall
designate the presiding officer without regard to race, creed, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
national origin.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.026(b) - Officers - - (b) The board shall elect from among its
members an assistant presiding officer and a secretary to serve two- year terms beginning on September
1 of each odd- numbered year.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.026(c) - Officers - - (c) The presiding officer of the board or, in
the absence of the presiding officer, the assistant presiding officer shall preside at each board meeting
and perform the other duties prescribed by this chapter.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.027(a) - Grounds for Removal - - (a) It is a ground for removal
from the board that a member:
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Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions - - (a) The board, 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 endorsements to certain security officers engaged in the personal protection of individuals;
(4) registers and endorses:
(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, registrants, and endorsement holders under this chapter.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(b) - General Provisions - - (b) The board shall adopt rules
necessary to comply with Chapter 53. In its rules under this section, the board shall list the specific
offenses for each category of regulated persons for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the
board to take action under Section 53.021.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(a) - Department of Public Safety - - (a) The board created
under Section 1702.021 is a part of the department. The department shall administer this chapter
through the board.
,Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(b) - Department of Public Safety - - (b) A reference in this
chapter or another law to the Texas Commission on Private Security means the board.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.006 - Foreign Entity Registration - - Licensure under this
chapter does not exempt a foreign entity from the registration requirements of Chapter 9, Business
Organizations Code.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(a) - Board Membership - - (a) The Texas Private Security
Board consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate
as follows:
(1) three public members, each of whom is a citizen of the United States;
(2) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a private investigator;
(3) one member who is licensed under this chapter as an alarm systems company;
(4) one member who is licensed under this chapter as the owner or operator of a guard company; and
(5) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a locksmith.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(b) - Board Membership - - b) Appointments to the board
shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the
appointee.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.023 - Eligibility of Public Members - - The board's public
members must be representatives of the general public. A person may not be a public member of the
board if the person or the person's spouse:
(1) is registered, commissioned, certified, or licensed by a regulatory agency in the field of private
investigations or private security;
,(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization
regulated by or receiving money from the board;
(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other
organization regulated by or receiving money from the board; or
(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the board other
than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or
expenses.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.024(a) - Membership and Employee Restrictions - - (a) In this
section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or
professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in
dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interests.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.024(b) - Membership and Employee Restrictions - - (b) A
person may not be a board member, and may not be a department employee whose primary duties
include private security regulation and who is employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or
professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime
provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), and its subsequent amendments, if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of
private investigation or private security; or
(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field
of private investigation or private security.
, Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.024(c) - Membership and Employee Restrictions - - (c) A
person may not be a board member or act as general counsel to the board or agency if the person is
required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's
activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the agency.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.025(a) - Terms; Vacancies - - (a) The board members serve
staggered six-year terms, with the terms of two or three members expiring on January 31 of each odd-
numbered year.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.025(b) - Terms; Vacancies - - (b) If a vacancy occurs during the
term of a board member, the governor shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired term.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.026(a) Officers - - (a) The governor shall designate one board
member as presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor. The governor shall
designate the presiding officer without regard to race, creed, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
national origin.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.026(b) - Officers - - (b) The board shall elect from among its
members an assistant presiding officer and a secretary to serve two- year terms beginning on September
1 of each odd- numbered year.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.026(c) - Officers - - (c) The presiding officer of the board or, in
the absence of the presiding officer, the assistant presiding officer shall preside at each board meeting
and perform the other duties prescribed by this chapter.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.027(a) - Grounds for Removal - - (a) It is a ground for removal
from the board that a member:
