Tex. Occ. Code § 1702.061 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall adopt rules and general policies to guide the department in the administration of this chapter.
(b) The rules and policies adopted by the commission under Subsection (a) must be consistent with this chapter and other commission rules adopted under this chapter and with any other applicable law, state rule, or federal regulation.
(c) The commission has the powers and duties to:
(1) determine the qualifications of company license holders, individual license holders, and commissioned security officers;
(2) investigate alleged violations of this chapter and of commission rules;
(3) adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter; and
(4) establish and enforce standards governing the safety and conduct of each person regulated under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.573(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 4.17, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 5.017, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1702.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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