Section 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.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1143,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2019.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. 4/1/2005.