{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-254.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 254.013","heading":"PEACE OFFICERS.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.56, eff. May 18, 2013.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE D. DENTISTRY","CHAPTER 254. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.254.htm#254.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f2d0faf086b0a863867a2bb18f2dd57c21883ed7e0ba0cdcef8b80588d529515","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-254.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-254.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}