Tex. Educ. Code § 88.103 · Subchapter B. THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
ENFORCEMENT; APPOINTMENT OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The director may appoint not to exceed 25 employees of the Texas Forest Service who are certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as qualified to be peace officers to serve as peace officers under the direction of the director in executing the enforcement duties of that agency. The appointments must be approved by the board which shall commission the appointees as peace officers. Any officer commissioned under this section is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers in the performance of the officer's duties. The officer shall take the oath required of peace officers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3209, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1840, ch. 570, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1975; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 488, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 689, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.15, eff. May 18, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.88.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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