Tex. Ins. Code Section 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 (Law Enforcement Officers), 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.

Source: Section 701.104 — Department Investigators, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­701.­htm#701.­104 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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