Tex. Occ. Code § 1702.205 · Subchapter I. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER TRAINING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall establish a 15-hour course for a personal protection officer consisting of training in nonlethal self-defense or defense of a third person.
(b) The training required by this section:
(1) must be provided in-person; and
(2) is in addition to the basic training course for security officers.
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. 14.624, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 4.60, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 5.069, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1015 (H.B. 3424), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- 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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