The following are peace officers:
(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
(4) rangers, officers, and members of the reserve officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public Safety;
(5) investigators of the district attorneys’, criminal district attorneys’, and county attorneys’ offices;
(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
(7) each member of an arson investigating unit commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
(8) officers commissioned under § 37.081 or 37.0818, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
(9) officers commissioned by the General Services Commission;
(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
(11) officers commissioned under Chapter 23, Transportation Code;
(12) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and security officers;
(13) security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller;
(14) officers commissioned by a water control and improvement district under § 49.216, Water Code;
(15) officers commissioned by a board of trustees under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
(16) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical Board;
(17) officers commissioned by:
(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District under § 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
(B) the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District under § 1024.117, Special District Local Laws Code;
(C) the board of directors of the Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under § 1061.121, Special District Local Laws Code; and
(D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under § 1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code;
(18) county park rangers commissioned under Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
(19) investigators employed by the Texas Racing Commission;
(20) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, Occupations Code;
(21) officers commissioned by the governing body of a metropolitan rapid transit authority under § 451.108, Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority under § 452.110, Transportation Code;
(22) investigators commissioned by the attorney general under § 402.009, Government Code;
(23) security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
(24) officers appointed by an appellate court under Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
(25) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal under Chapter 417, Government Code;
(26) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner of insurance under § 701.104, Insurance Code;
(27) officers appointed by the inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under § 242.102, Human Resources Code;
(28) officers appointed by the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under § 493.019, Government Code;
(29) investigators commissioned by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement under § 1701.160, Occupations Code;
(30) commission investigators commissioned by the Texas Private Security Board under § 1702.061, Occupations Code;
(31) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
(32) officers commissioned by the State Board of Dental Examiners under § 254.013, Occupations Code, subject to the limitations imposed by that section;
(33) the fire marshal and any related officers, inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code;

Without reference to the amendment of this article, this article was repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 3.001(1), eff. January 1, 2025.
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