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.
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