Tex. Gov't Code § 417.006 · Chapter 417. STATE FIRE MARSHAL
STATE FIRE MARSHAL PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The state fire marshal may:
(1) commission peace officers to act as fire and arson investigators under the state fire marshal's supervision and to perform other law enforcement duties assigned to the commissioner and the state fire marshal by law; and
(2) revoke a peace officer's commission under this section for just cause.
(b) The commissioner shall ensure that a peace officer commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 628, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 912, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1172, Sec. 3.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 407 (H.B. 2467), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.417.htm
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- 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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