Occupations Code › Title 10 › Chapter 1702 › Subchapter F

Texas Occupations Code § 1702.1183

Reciprocal Company License for Certain Applicants

Private Security · Licensing and Duties of Investigations Companies and Security Services Contractors

(a) The department may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a company license for an applicant who holds a company license issued by another jurisdiction with which this state has a reciprocity agreement.

(b) The commission may make an agreement, subject to the approval of the governor, with another state to allow for licensing by reciprocity.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules under which the commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a company license for, and credit experience for a company license requirement to, an individual who the commission determines has acceptable experience gained during service in a branch of the United States armed forces, including the United States Coast Guard.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Official source
Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.598, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 4.40, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 989 (H.B. 2135), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 5.039, eff. September 1, 2019.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 1702.1186