{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.205","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.205","heading":"PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER TRAINING.","body":"(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.\n(b) The training required by this section:\n(1) must be provided in-person; and\n(2) is in addition to the basic training course for security officers.\nActs 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 4.60, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 5.069, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1015 (H.B. 3424), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 10. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY","CHAPTER 1702. PRIVATE SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER I. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1702.htm#1702.205","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"ad52fe24b7370d8a6b777f0c25b13d318428c290c8bd23f1d7a05e8ca58bb982","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}