Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.160 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
AUTHORITY TO COMMISSION INVESTIGATORS AS PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may commission certified peace officers as investigators employed by the commission for the limited purpose of assisting the commission in administering this chapter.
(b) The commission shall ensure 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
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.501(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 314 (S.B. 1321), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- 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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