Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.159 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
ACTIVE AND INACTIVE PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall establish a list of active licensed peace officers and a list of inactive licensed peace officers who leave the employment of a law enforcement agency.
(b) A retired peace officer as defined by Section 1701.3161 continues to hold as an inactive license the license the retired officer held at the time the retired officer last served as an elected, appointed, or employed peace officer unless the license was revoked for cause under Section 1701.501.
(c) A retired peace officer who holds an inactive license may not serve as a peace officer unless the person reactivates the license as provided by Section 1701.316 or 1701.3161.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 878 (H.B. 1955), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1701.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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Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.316REACTIVATION OF PEACE OFFICER LICENSE.Printed as Section 1701.316 or 1701.3161
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.3161REACTIVATION OF PEACE OFFICER LICENSE: RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS.Printed as Section 1701.316 or 1701.3161 | Section 1701.3161
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.501DISCIPLINARY ACTION.Printed as Section 1701.501
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