Texas Department of Public Safety Private
Security Bureau - Qualified Manager Exam – 2026
– 2027: Comprehensive Exam
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-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 -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(b) A person may not be
a board member, and may not be a department employee whose
Security Bureau - Qualified Manager Exam – 2026
– 2027: Comprehensive Exam
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-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 -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-(b) A person may not be
a board member, and may not be a department employee whose
