Tex. Gov't Code § 53.091 · Subchapter F. APPELLATE COURT PEACE OFFICERS
EMPLOYMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, and each of the courts of appeals may employ and commission a peace officer to protect the court.
(b) A peace officer commissioned under this section holds office at the will of the court served by the officer.
(c) A person may not be commissioned as a peace officer under this section unless the person meets all standards for licensing as a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 695, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.21, 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/GV/htm/GV.53.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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