Texas Finance Code - FIN § 371.002. Purposes

(1) prevent fraud, unfair practices, discrimination, imposition, and abuse of state residents;

(2) exercise the state's police power to ensure a sound system of making pawn loans and transfers of personal property by and through pawnshops;

(3) prevent transactions in stolen property and other unlawful property transactions by licensing and regulating pawnbrokers;

(4) provide for licensing and investigation fees;

(5) provide minimum capital requirements for pawnbrokers;

(6) ensure financial responsibility to the state and its residents and compliance with federal, state, and local law, including rules and ordinances;  and

(7) assist local governments in the exercise of their police power.