Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Revenue Object 3175 – Professional Fees – Private Investigators and Security

To record fees for licenses, registrations, endorsements, and commissions under Occupations Code Chapter 1702 including investigations companies, security services contractors, certain security officers, and individuals employed in a field connected to private investigation or private security.

The department by rule shall establish fees to produce sufficient revenue for administration without producing unnecessary fund balances.

Renewal fees for expired licenses are between 1-1/2 to 2 times the normally required renewal fee.

Related Civil and Administrative Penalties

Administrative penalties may be assessed not to exceed $5,000 per violation (collected under revenue object 3770).

Civil penalties may be assessed not to exceed $10,000 per violation (collected under revenue object 3717).

As determined by the department.

Amended by S.B. 565, 67th Leg. R.S.

Amended by S.B. 417 and S.B. 288, 68th Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 759, 69th Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 888, 70th Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S.

 Amended by S.B. 1542 and H.B. 713, 74th Leg., R.S.

Codified by H.B. 3155, 76th Leg., R.S.

Program transferred when Texas Commission on Private Security (467) was combined with the Department of Public Safety (405) by H.B. 28, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S.

Personal emergency response systems regulation moved to the Texas Department of Health by H.B. 28, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S. then transferred to Agency 537 by H.B. 2292, 78th Leg., R.S. See Revenue Code 3562-Health Related Professional Fees-Personal Emergency Response System Provider (subsequently repealed by S.B. 202, 84th Leg., R.S. eff. 9-1-2015).

Amended by H.B. 2303, 79th Leg., R.S.

Telematics service provider exemption added by H.B. 1531, 79th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 2833, 80th Leg., R.S. increased civil penalty to $10,000.

H.B. 2730, 81st Leg., R.S. removed limits on fee amounts and increased administrative penalty to $5,000.

S.B. 616, 86th Leg., R.S. repealed Occupations Code sec. 1702.402 providing authority for administrative penalties and replaced with similar authority under Government Code sec. 411.524. Authority to set fees changed from Private Security Board to Department of Public Safety.