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Private Security Act

Texas · OC · §§ 1702.001 to 1702.389 · 150 sections

Overview

The Private Security Act governs the private security industry in Texas, requiring companies to be licensed before providing investigations, guard, alarm, locksmith, electronic access control, armored car, or courier services, and dividing those licenses into classifications that define the scope of work each one permits. Regulation is administered through the Department of Public Safety, advised by a committee whose membership, terms, officer positions, meetings, and grounds for removal the act sets out, alongside a chief administrator and staff subject to conflict-of-interest and conduct standards. The act also establishes the machinery of enforcement and administration, including rulemaking authority and limits on it, fees and fines and their use, recordkeeping and confidentiality rules, and public access to records of disciplinary actions.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 29 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 306 SW3D 380 - Orr v. State

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