Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 411.0085. DRIVER'S LICENSE FACILITIES: PERSONNEL. The department may not assign more than 123 commissioned officers plus supervising personnel to driver's license facilities. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 411.009. LOCAL COOPERATION. (a) The sheriff and constables of each county and chief of police of each municipality are associate members of the department and are entitled to the rights and privileges granted to them by the department. (b) The director may require a sheriff …

Sec. 411.0091. SEX OFFENDER COMPLIANCE UNIT. (a) The director shall create a sex offender compliance unit to be operated by the department. (b) The sex offender compliance unit shall investigate and arrest individuals determined to have committed a sexually violent offense, as de…

Sec. 411.0092. PRIMARY JURISDICTION. The sex offender compliance unit described by Section 411.0091 has primary jurisdiction to investigate a felony offense committed by a sexually violent predator civilly committed under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code. Added by Acts 2023, 8…

Sec. 411.0095. VEHICLE THEFT CHECKPOINTS AT BORDER CROSSING. (a) The department may establish a program for the purpose of establishing border crossing checkpoints to prevent stolen vehicles, farm tractors or implements, construction equipment, aircraft, or watercraft from enteri…

Sec. 411.0096. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. (a) The department and the office of the governor, criminal justice division, by rule shall adopt a joint memorandum of understanding on coordinating the drug law enforcement …

Sec. 411.0097. MULTICOUNTY DRUG TASK FORCES. (a) The department shall establish policies and procedures for multicounty drug task forces, as defined by Section 362.001, Local Government Code, and may exercise the authority necessary to ensure compliance with those policies and pr…

Sec. 411.0098. COORDINATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) The department and the Texas Department of Transportation shall establish procedures to ensure effective coordination of the development of transportation infrastructure projects that affect both agencies. (b) Pro…

Sec. 411.0099. NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR ENFORCEMENT OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE RULES. (a) The department shall conduct a long-term needs assessment for the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle rules that considers at a minimum: (1) the inventory of current facilities and equipmen…

Sec. 411.010. ASSISTANCE OF STATE AGENCIES. The attorney general, the Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Department of Health, and all other departments of state government shall cooperate with the department in the execution of this chapter and the enforcement of stat…

Sec. 411.011. ASSISTANCE OF STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (a) The University of Texas and all other state-supported educational institutions shall: (1) cooperate with the department in carrying out this chapter; (2) assist in the giving of instruction in the training schools co…

Sec. 411.0111. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Not later than June 1 of every fifth year, the department shall provide to the comptroller, for the purpose of assisting the comptroller in the identification of persons entitled to unclaimed property reported to…

Sec. 411.012. COMMAND BY GOVERNOR. The governor may assume command and direct the activities of the commission and department during a public disaster, riot, insurrection, or formation of a dangerous resistance to enforcement of law, or to perform the governor's constitutional du…

Sec. 411.013. EXPENDITURES, DONATIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1206, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. (b) The department may accept donations of money and other real or personal property from any individual, group, association, corporation, or go…

Sec. 411.0131. USE OF SEIZED AND FORFEITED ASSETS. (a) The commission by rule shall establish a process under which the commission approves all of the department's dispositions of assets seized or forfeited under state or federal law and received by or appropriated to the departm…

Sec. 411.0132. USE OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT CERTAIN PERSONS. The department may use appropriated funds to purchase food and beverages for: (1) training functions required of peace officers of the department subject to director approval; and (2) a person who is: (A) activated to provid…

Sec. 411.0135. METHOD OF PAYMENT OF FEES AND CHARGES. (a) The department may adopt rules regarding the method of payment of any fee or charge that is imposed or collected by the department. (b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) may authorize payment, under circumstances prescrib…

Sec. 411.014. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. (a) The state shall provide the necessary buildings, offices, and quarters for the department and its officers and employees in Austin and other places in the state where district headquarters are located. The state shall provide furniture, …

Sec. 411.0141. MULTIUSE TRAINING AND OPERATIONS CENTER FACILITY. (a) The Texas Facilities Commission shall construct a multiuse training and operations center facility to be used by the department, the Texas military forces, county and municipal law enforcement agencies, and any …

Sec. 411.015. ORGANIZATION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the designation by this chapter of certain divisions and division chiefs is not mandatory and this chapter does not prevent the commission from reorganization or consolidation within the department in the inter…

Sec. 411.016. COMPENSATORY TIME; OVERTIME PAY. (a) This section applies to an officer commissioned by the department who is not employed in a position that the director has declared to be administrative, executive, or professional. (b) If, during a 24-hour period, the total numbe…

Sec. 411.0161. DONATION OF ACCRUED COMPENSATORY TIME OR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. (a) The director shall allow a department employee to voluntarily transfer to a legislative leave pool up to eight hours of compensatory time or annual leave per year earned by …

Sec. 411.0162. SALARIES FOR CERTAIN TROOPERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the availability of money appropriated for that purpose, the department may pay its employees classified as Trooper Trainee, Probationary Trooper, and Trooper I at rates th…

Sec. 411.0163. HIRING OFFICERS WITH PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, at the time a commissioned officer is hired, elect to credit up to four years of experience as a peace officer in the state as years of service…

Sec. 411.0164. 50-HOUR WORKWEEK FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may implement a 10-hour workday and 50-hour workweek for commissioned officers of the department. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 11), Sec. 7, eff. Septembe…

Sec. 411.0165. VETERAN APPLICANTS FOR TROOPER TRAINING. The department may accept a person applying to the department's trooper trainee academy if the person: (1) has served four or more years in the United States armed forces as a member of the military police or other security …

Sec. 411.017. UNAUTHORIZED ACTS INVOLVING DEPARTMENT NAME, INSIGNIA, OR DIVISION NAME. (a) A person commits an offense if, without the director's authorization, the person: (1) manufactures, sells, or possesses a badge, identification card, or other item bearing a department insi…

Sec. 411.018. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. (a) The director shall adopt rules relating to the reporting of all transportation incidents involving releases of reportable quantities of hazardous materials occurring on public roads or railroads that are not on a private industrial site. The…

Sec. 411.0185. AUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF CARGO TANKS CONTAINING CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. (a) In this section: (1) "Cargo tank" has the meaning assigned by Section 162.001, Tax Code. (2) "Crime laboratory" and "forensic analysis" have the meanings assigned by Article 38.35, Code…

Sec. 411.019. TOLL-FREE NUMBER. (a) The department shall provide a 24-hour toll-free telephone number for use by the public in reporting traffic offenses, including driving while intoxicated, suspected criminal activity, and traffic collisions and other emergencies. (b) On receiv…

Sec. 411.0195. PUBLIC COMPLAINTS. (a) The department shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the department. The department shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the re…

Sec. 411.0196. ACCESS TO PROGRAMS. The department shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English or who has a physical, mental, or developmental disability can be provided reasonable access to the department's programs. Added by A…

Sec. 411.020. PURCHASE OF FIREARM FROM DEPARTMENT BY OFFICER. (a) A commissioned officer of the department may purchase for an amount set by the department, not to exceed fair market value, a firearm issued to the officer by the department if the firearm is not listed as a prohib…

Sec. 411.0201. REPRODUCTION OF RECORDS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department may photograph, microphotograph, or film any record in connection with the issuance of a driver's license or commercial driver's license and any record of any division of the departme…

Sec. 411.0202. DISPOSAL OF RECORDS. (a) Unless otherwise required by law and subject to Chapter 441, the department may dispose of or destroy records that the department determines are not required for the performance of the department's duties and functions. (b) The department m…

Sec. 411.0206. ABATEMENT OR DEFERRAL FOR VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT. (a) In this section: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization issued by the department. (2) "Victim of identity theft" means an individual who has filed a criminal complaint alle…

Sec. 411.0207. PUBLIC CORRUPTION UNIT. (a) In this section, "organized criminal activity" means conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 71.02, Penal Code. (b) A public corruption unit is created within the department to investigate and assist in the management of allega…

Sec. 411.0208. RESERVE OFFICER CORPS. (a) The commission may provide for the establishment of a reserve officer corps consisting of retired or previously commissioned peace officers, as defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, who retired or resigned in good standin…

Sec. 411.0209. DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE AT INTERNATIONAL BORDER CHECKPOINTS. (a) To prevent the unlawful transfer of contraband from this state to the United Mexican States and other unlawful activity, the department shall implement a strategy for providing to federal authorities an…

Sec. 411.02093. STATE CRIMINAL LAW TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS. (a) The department shall: (1) develop a training program for Border Patrol Agents of the United States Customs and Border Protection on the criminal laws of this state, including laws relating to arrest…

Sec. 411.02094. BORDER OPERATIONS TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) The department, in coordination with local law enforcement agencies, shall establish and administer a border operations training program for peace officers employed by local law enforcement agencies that will prepare the off…

Sec. 411.02095. STATEWIDE PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) The department may establish a program throughout this state for preventing and detecting: (1) the unlawful possession or the unlawful and imminent movement or transfer between th…

Sec. 411.02096. REPORT REGARDING CERTAIN FIREARM STATISTICS. (a) Not later than January 31 of each year, the department shall collect information for the preceding calendar year related to the carrying of firearms by persons in this state, including: (1) the number of persons who…

Sec. 411.02097. FIREARM SAFETY. The department shall develop and post on the department's Internet website a course on firearm safety and handling. The course must be accessible to the public free of charge. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (H.B. 1927), Sec. 7, eff. S…

Sec. 411.02098. TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Agent of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization" and "agent" mean a person acting on behalf of or otherwise employed or controlled by a foreign government or foreign terrorist org…

Sec. 411.021. COMPOSITION. The Texas Rangers are a major division of the department consisting of the number of rangers authorized by the legislature. The highest ranking officer of the Texas Rangers is responsible to and reports directly to the director. Officers are entitled to…