- (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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.56, eff. May 18, 2013.