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