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Texas
Government Code Sec. 411.024
SPECIAL
TEXAS RANGERS |
(a) The
commission may appoint as a special Texas Ranger an honorably retired
or retiring commissioned officer of the department whose position immediately
preceding retirement is an officer of the Texas Rangers.
(b) A special Texas Ranger is subject to the orders of the commission
and the governor for special duty to the same extent as other law enforcement
officers provided for by this chapter, except that a special Texas Ranger
may not enforce a law except one designed to protect life and property
and may not enforce a law regulating the use of a state highway by a
motor vehicle. A special Texas Ranger is not connected with a ranger
company or uniformed unit of the department.
(c) Before issuance of a commission to a special Texas Ranger the person
shall enter into a good and sufficient bond executed by a surety company
authorized to do business in the state in the amount of $2,500, approved
by the director, and indemnifying all persons against damages resulting
from an unlawful act of the special Texas Ranger.
(d) A special Texas Ranger is not entitled to compensation from the
state for service as a special Texas Ranger.
(e) A special Texas Ranger commission expires January 1 of the first
odd-numbered year after appointment. The commission may revoke the commission
of a special Texas Ranger who commits a violation of a rule of the department
for which an active officer of the Texas Rangers would be discharged.
(f) The commission shall authorize a badge for persons appointed as
special Texas Rangers under this section that is distinct in appearance
from the badge authorized for special rangers under Section 411.023.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189, §10,
eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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