Sec. 11.019.  EMPLOYEES AS PEACE OFFICERS.  (a)  The director may commission as peace officers any of the employees provided for in the general appropriations act.
(b)  Law enforcement officers commissioned by the director have the same powers, privileges, and immunities as peace officers coextensive with the boundaries of this state.
(c)  Law enforcement officers commissioned by the director have the same authority as a sheriff to arrest, serve criminal or civil process, and require aid in serving criminal or civil process coextensive with the boundaries of this state.
(d)  A law enforcement officer commissioned by the director may arrest without a warrant any person in this state found in the act of violating any law.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 122, ch. 29, Sec. 2, eff. April 19, 1983.