Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.084 · Subchapter E. COUNTY PARK RANGERS
STAFF; AUTHORITY AS PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To carry out the functions of the department, the chief shall employ county park rangers as peace officers and shall employ administrative staff in numbers approved by the commissioners court.
(b) The county park rangers have the same law enforcement authority that is given by law to deputy sheriffs except that the law enforcement jurisdiction of rangers is limited to the county parks of the county and, in a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico, to the unincorporated areas of the county that are located on an island or isthmus.
(c) The law of this state applying to deputy sheriffs applies, to the extent practicable, to county park rangers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 277, Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.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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