Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.004
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.004, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1702.004. GENERAL SCOPE OF REGULATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The department:
(1) licenses investigations companies and security services contractors;
(2) issues commissions to certain security officers;
(3) licenses certain security officers engaged in the personal protection of individuals;
(4) licenses:
(A) certain individuals connected with a company license holder; and
(B) certain individuals employed in a field connected to private investigation or private security; and
(5) regulates company license holders, security officers, and individual license holders under this chapter.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to comply with Chapter 53. In its rules under this section, the commission shall list the specific offenses for each category of regulated persons for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the department to take action under Section 53.021.
(1) licenses investigations companies and security services contractors;
(2) issues commissions to certain security officers;
(3) licenses certain security officers engaged in the personal protection of individuals;
(4) licenses:
(A) certain individuals connected with a company license holder; and
(B) certain individuals employed in a field connected to private investigation or private security; and
(5) regulates company license holders, security officers, and individual license holders under this chapter.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to comply with Chapter 53. In its rules under this section, the commission shall list the specific offenses for each category of regulated persons for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the department to take action under Section 53.021.
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