{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-701.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 701.104","heading":"DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS.","body":"(a) The commissioner may:\n(1) employ investigators as necessary to enforce this chapter; and\n(2) commission those investigators as peace officers.\n(b) If the commissioner commissions investigators as peace officers, the commissioner shall appoint a chief investigator who:\n(1) is commissioned as a peace officer; and\n(2) is qualified by training and experience in law enforcement to supervise, direct, and administer the activities of the commissioned investigators.\n(c) An investigator employed by the department as a peace officer must meet the requirements for a peace officer under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 2816), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE F. INSURANCE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT","CHAPTER 701. INSURANCE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. INVESTIGATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.701.htm#701.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"385d4302c5f0c3b0800627bd9f8325822a858dbf6bdf9f64ad8013b2f500d140","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-701.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-701.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}