{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 411.251","heading":"ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.","body":"(a) The commission shall establish the office of inspector general.\n(b) The office of inspector general is responsible for:\n(1) acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of departmental policy, fraud, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department; and\n(2) independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of:\n(A) conduct described in Subdivision (1);\n(B) criminal activity occurring in all divisions of the department;\n(C) allegations of wrongdoing by department employees;\n(D) crimes committed on department property; and\n(E) serious breaches of department policy.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Section 411.244 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (H.B. 3099), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 411. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS","SUBCHAPTER I-1. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm#411.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7bb8522388a1bc6fb43aa6f3b480575b30b7078af27b6a74275c717eaa921f80","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.243","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}