Sec. 701.104. 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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
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