Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 2.125. Special Rangers Of Texas And Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association

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Art. 2.125. SPECIAL RANGERS OF TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE 
RAISERS ASSOCIATION.  (a) The director of the Department of Public 
Safety may appoint up to 50 special rangers who are employed by the 
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association to aid law 
enforcement agencies in the investigation of the theft of livestock 
or related property.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this article, a 
special ranger may make arrests and exercise all authority given 
peace officers under this code when necessary to prevent or abate 
the commission of an offense involving livestock or related 
property.
	(c)  A special ranger may not issue a traffic citation for a 
violation of Chapter 521, Transportation Code, or Subtitle C, Title 
7, Transportation Code.
	(d)  A special ranger is not entitled to state benefits 
normally provided by the state to a peace officer.
	(e)  A person may not serve as a special ranger unless:                        
	(1)  the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 
submits the person's application for appointment and certification 
as a special ranger to the director of the Department of Public 
Safety and to the executive director of the Commission on Law 
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education;
	(2)  the director of the department issues the person a 
certificate of authority to act as a special ranger;
	(3)  the executive director of the commission determines 
that the person meets minimum standards required of peace officers 
by the commission relating to competence, reliability, education, 
training, morality, and physical and mental health and issues the 
person a license as a special ranger;  and
	(4)  the person has met all standards for certification as a 
peace officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer 
Standards and Education. 
	(f)  For good cause, the director of the department may 
revoke a certificate of authority issued under this article and the 
executive director of the commission may revoke a license issued 
under this article.  Termination of employment with the 
association, or the revocation of a special ranger license, shall 
constitute an automatic revocation of a certificate of authority to 
act as a special ranger.
	(g)  The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 
is liable for any act or omission by a person serving as a special 
ranger for the association that is within the person's scope of 
employment.  Neither the state nor any political subdivision or 
agency of the state shall be liable for any act or omission by a 
person appointed as a special ranger.  All expenses incurred by the 
granting or revocation of a certificate of authority to act as a 
special ranger shall be paid by the association.
	(h)  The director of the department and the executive 
director of the commission shall have the authority to promulgate 
rules necessary for the effective administration and performance of 
the duties and responsibilities delegated to them by this article.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.           

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