Sec. 31.045. PEACE OFFICERS. The commission's office of inspector general may employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of assisting the office in the investigation of fraud, waste, or abuse in the financial assistance program. A peace officer employed and commissioned by the office is a peace officer for purposes of Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 856 (H.B. 2523), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Human Services and Protective Services in General
Subtitle C - Assistance Programs
Chapter 31 - Financial Assistance and Service Programs
Subchapter B. Administration of Financial Assistance and Services
Section 31.031. Application for Assistance
Section 31.0315. Determination of Parentage
Section 31.032. Investigation and Determination of Eligibility
Section 31.0322. Victims of Family Violence
Section 31.0324. Assignment of Protective Payee
Section 31.0326. Verification of Identity and Prevention of Duplicate Participation
Section 31.033. Reinvestigation and Redetermination of Eligibility
Section 31.034. Appeal From Local Eligibility Offices
Section 31.035. Method of Payment
Section 31.0355. Use of Financial Assistance
Section 31.036. Eligibility of Person Leaving the State
Section 31.037. Payment of Financial Assistance Funds on Death of Recipient
Section 31.038. Cancellation of Unused Benefits
Section 31.040. Nontransferability of Assistance Funds
Section 31.041. Right to Assistance Not Vested
Section 31.042. Proration of Financial Assistance
Section 31.043. Fill-the-Gap Budgeting
Section 31.044. Inactive Electronic Benefits Transfer Account