VIOLATION OF CHAPTER; OFFENSE
Known as the Private Security Act
The act spans §§ 1702–1702 (150 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Oliva v. State (2018)
Most recently applied in Oliva v. State (May 2018)
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter for which a specific criminal penalty is not prescribed.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the person has previously been convicted under this chapter of failing to hold a license, certificate of insurance, or commission that the person is required to hold under this chapter.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.