{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.240","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.240","heading":"EXEMPTIONS FOR UNDERCOVER AGENT.","body":"(a) For the purposes of this section, \"undercover agent\" means an individual hired by a person to perform a job in or for that person, and while performing that job, to act as an undercover agent, an employee, or an independent contractor of a company license holder, but supervised by a company license holder.\n(b) An employee of a company license holder who is employed exclusively as an undercover agent is not required to obtain an individual license.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.640, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 4.73, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 5.083, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 10. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY","CHAPTER 1702. PRIVATE SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER J. LICENSING AND DUTIES OF INDIVIDUALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1702.htm#1702.240","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"d44ff7cf9efcd2bf5feea857308086f0bad94d7c00416babd1583afc53a4619a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.239","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1702.241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}