Texas § IN.701.104 - DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS
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§ IN.701.104. DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS
DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS. (a) The commissioner may: (1) employ investigators as necessary to enforce this chapter; and (2) commission those investigators as peace officers. (b) If the commissioner commissions investigators as peace officers, the commissioner shall appoint a chief investigator who: (1) is commissioned as a peace officer; and (2) is qualified by training and experience in law enforcement to supervise, direct, and administer the activities of the commissioned investigators. (c) An investigator employed by the department as a peace officer must meet the requirements for a peace officer under Chapter 1701 , Occupations Code. (d) The commissioner shall ensure that 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. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 2816 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.
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