maybe, but then there's.......
... Ive heard this law was put in place cause the private security sector was crying due to the reserve and part time LEOs taking all the jobs. That may be just a rumor though.
Maybe, but:
Frankly my first thought was a rule of this nature would be pushed by full time officers to cut down on the competition, but it's plausible the security companies would have an interest in this as well. Government licensing bureaus tend to end up running protection for the industries they are supposed to supervise. (One giant exception being the BATFE!)...
Just my .02 I don't mind if reserves or part time officers work part time security as long as the full time officers have had a chance at that job first.
I started grocking this when I asked the gal who cut my hair if she could shave my face. She could not, because the did not have a barber's license (she was a "beautician" or some such). I got curious and looked into this, and was stunned to find out, it requires something on the order of 1400 hours of training to get a state barber's license. This is absolute nonsense. (Getting a beautician's license requires something similar, not as many hours I think). The state has no interest in whether you can give a decent haircut, the only state interest is whether you are safe, e.g. do you clean your tools between customers, etc. Get a crappy haircut, don't go back.
There's more state interest in making sure people running around performing security know what they're doing, but I'm finding it hard to believe that the hours-per-week law that nightmare69 cites is really about the quality of people providing security.
nightmare69, maybe you should bring this to the attention of Greg Abbott, Attorney General running for Governor. He is touting a new initiative to cut back on occupational licensing rules in Texas. The article I link to below doesn't mention security, just "interior designers, salvage vehicle dealers, dog trainers, coaches, auctioneers, barbers, cosmetologists and towing boat operators," but who knows. Doubt he will get to it in time to help you out, tho.
Texas Looks to Decrease Occupational Licensing