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Texas Government Code Sec. 411.0223 Appointment of Highest-Ranking Officers in the Texas Rangers

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer is eligible for appointment by the director to the highest rank of the Texas Rangers only if the officer has at least five years of supervisory experience as a commissioned member of the Texas Rangers.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer is eligible for appointment by the director to the second highest rank of the Texas Rangers only if the officer has at least four years of supervisory experience as a commissioned member of the Texas Rangers.

(c) If there are less than two qualified officers for appointment to the highest rank or the second highest rank of the Texas Rangers, the director may appoint an officer to the highest rank or the second highest rank only if the officer has at least two years of supervisory experience as a commissioned member of the Texas Rangers.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.