Texas § 701.104 DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS.

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§ 701.104 — DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS.

Texas § 701.104

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 701.104 (2026).

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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 positi

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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.

Legislative History

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.