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Texas Private Security Act (a) The board, in addition to performing duties required
CH. 1702.004(a) - General by other law or exercising powers granted by other law:
Provisions (1) licenses investigations companies and
securityservices 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
licenseholder; and
(B) certain individuals employed in a field
connectedto private investigation or private security; and
(5) regulates license holders, security officers, registrants,
and endorsement holders under this chapter.
Texas Private Security Act (b) The board shall adopt rules necessary to comply with
CH. 1702.004(b) - General Chapter 53. In its rules under this section, the board shall list
the specific offenses for each category of regulated persons
Provisions
for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the board
to take action under Section 53.021.
Texas Private Security Act (a) The board created under Section 1702.021 is a part of
CH. 1702.005(a) - the department. The department shall administer this
chapter through the board.
Department of Public
Safety
,Texas Private Security Act (b) A reference in this chapter or another law to the
CH. 1702.005(b) Texas Commission on Private Security means the board.
Department of Public
Safety
Texas Private Security Act Licensure under this chapter does not exempt a foreign
CH. 1702.006 - Foreign entity from the registration requirements of Chapter 9,
Business Organizations Code.
Entity Registration
Texas Private Security Act (a) The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members
CH. 1702.021(a) - Board appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the
Membership senate as follows:
(1) three public members, each of whom is a citizen
ofthe United States;
(2) one member who is licensed under this chapter asa
private investigator;
(3) one member who is licensed under this chapter
asan alarm systems company;
(4) one member who is licensed under this chapter
asthe owner or operator of a guard company; and
(5) one member who is licensed under this chapter asa
locksmith.
Texas Private Security Act b) Appointments to the board shall be made without
CH. 1702.021(b) - Board regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
Membership national origin of the appointee.
,Texas Private Security Act The board's public members must be representatives of
CH. 1702.023 - Eligibility of the general public. A person may not be a public member
Public Members of the board if the person or the person's spouse:
(1) is registered, commissioned, certified, or
licensedby a regulatory agency in the field of private
investigations or private security;
(2) is employed by or participates in the
managementof a business entity or other organization
regulated by or receiving money from the board;
(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than
a10 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
tangiblegoods, services, or money from the board other
than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for
board membership, attendance, or expenses.
(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a
Texas Private Security Act cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or
CH. 1702.024(a) - professional competitors in this state designed to assist its
Membership and members and its industry or profession in dealing with
Employee Restrictions mutual business or professional problems and in promoting
their common interests.
, Texas Private Security Act (b) A person may not be a board member, and may not be a
CH. 1702.024(b) - department employee whose primary duties include private
Membership and security regulation and who is employed in a "bona fide
Employee Restrictions 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
paidconsultant 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
paidconsultant of a Texas trade association in the field of
private investigation or private security.
Texas Private Security Act (c) A person may not be a board member or act as general
CH. 1702.024(c) counsel to the board or agency if the person is required to
register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code,
Membership and
because of the person's activities for compensation on
Employee Restrictions behalf of a profession related to the operation of the
agency.
Texas Private Security Act (a) The board members serve staggered six-year terms,
CH. 1702.025(a) - Terms; with the terms of two or three members expiring on
January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
Vacancies
Texas Private Security Act (b) If a vacancy occurs during the term of a board member, the
CH. 1702.025(b) - Terms; governor shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired
term.
Vacancies
(a) The governor shall designate one board member as
presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the will of the
Texas Private Security Act
governor. The governor shall designate the presiding officer
CH. 1702.026(a) Officers
without regard to race, creed, color, disability, sex, religion,
age, or national origin.