Sec. 254.013.  PEACE OFFICERS.  (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.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.56, eff. May 18, 2013.