Tex. Health & Safety Code § 555.101 · Subchapter D. INSPECTOR GENERAL DUTIES
ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The inspector general shall employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of assisting a state or local law enforcement agency in the investigation of an alleged criminal offense involving a resident or client of a center. A peace officer employed and commissioned by the inspector general is a peace officer for purposes of Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643), Sec. 22, eff. June 11, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.125, eff. January 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.555.htm
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