Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 11.0201 — SPECIAL GAME WARDENS

PW § 11.0201Title 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Ch. 11. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Art. B. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT

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(a)The director may commission as a special game warden an honorably retired commissioned game warden of the department.

(b)An applicant for a special game warden commission must meet the minimum standards for licensing of a peace officer under the rules adopted by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(c)Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, a special game warden is subject to the orders of the director for special duty to the same extent as other law enforcement officers commissioned under this subchapter.

(d)A special game warden may enforce only:

(1)provisions of this code;

(2)regulations promulgated by the commission;

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.59, eff. May 18, 2013.