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Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.301 (2026)

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Sec. 1701.301. LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided by Sections 1701.310, 1701.311, and 1701.405, a person may not appoint or employ a person to serve as an officer, county jailer, school marshal, public security officer, or telecommunicator unless the person holds an appropriate license issued by the commission.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (H.B. 1009), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 968 (H.B. 1951), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2014.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2006–2025 · leading case: Univ. of the Incarnate Word v. Redus, 518 S.W.3d 905 (Tex. 2017).
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Univ. of the Incarnate Word v. Redus, 518 S.W.3d 905 (Tex. 2017). · cites it 2× “Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.301. UIW's officers can enforce state law on campus and state and local law at other locations as permitted by the Texas Education Code.”
Jefferson Cnty. v. Jefferson Cnty. Constables Ass'n, 546 S.W.3d 661 (Tex. 2018). “, Tex. Occ. Code §§ 1701.301 -.355. Deputy constables must "qualify in the manner provided for deputy sheriffs.”
Reid v. Aransas Cnty., 805 F. Supp. 2d 322 (S.D. Tex. 2011). · cites it 2× “Texas Occupations Code § 1701.301 provides: “[ejxcept as provided by Sections 1701.”
Thomas v. State, 336 S.W.3d 703 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2011). “2010); Tex. Occ.Code Ann. § 1701.301 (Vernon 2004).”
Payan v. State, 199 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006). “” Tex Occ.Code Ann. § 1701.301 (Vernon 2004).”
Univ. of Incarnate Word v. Valerie Redus, 602 S.W.3d 398 (Tex. 2020). · cites it 2× “The issue is not whether private universities should have sovereign immunity but whether private university police departments, as distinct operations, should have the same immunity as city police departments have, with the same, sworn, licensed peace officers, doing the same…”
Arnulfo Cortez, Jr. v. Texas Comm'n on Law Enf't, No. 15-24-00116-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. Feb. 12, 2025). · cites it 2× “17 Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.301 ...............”
Arnulfo Cortez, Jr. v. Texas Comm'n on Law Enf't, No. 15-24-00116-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. Aug. 25, 2025). “3 Among other minimum standards, a person seeking a license must never have been “convicted or placed on community supervision in any court of an offense involving family 2 Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.301. 3 See, e.g., Tex.”
Univ. of Texas - Pan Am. & the Univ. of Texas Sys. v. Howard Miller, No. 03-10-00710-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 28, 2013). “See Tex. Occ. Code §§ 1701.301, .307. TCLEOSE standards include the requirement that a licensee demonstrate weapons proficiency to obtain and maintain a license.”
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