Peace Officers

Sec. 554.010. PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The board may commission as a peace officer to enforce this subtitle an employee who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. (b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this subtitle has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this subtitle. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1361 (S.B. 650), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.57, eff. May 18, 2013.