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.
(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.