Section 142.006 - Authorization to Carry Firearm(a) A juvenile probation officer may carry a firearm in the course of the officer's official duties if:(1) the juvenile probation officer possesses a certificate of firearms proficiency issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.259, Occupations Code;(2) the chief juvenile probation officer of the juvenile probation department that employs the juvenile probation officer authorizes the juvenile probation officer to carry a firearm in the course of the officer's official duties; and(3) the juvenile probation officer has been employed for at least one year by the juvenile probation department described by Subdivision (2).(b) A juvenile probation officer is disqualified from being authorized to carry a firearm under this section if the officer has been designated a perpetrator in a Texas Juvenile Justice Department abuse, neglect, or exploitation investigation.(c) This section does not affect the sovereign immunity of the state, an agency of the state, or a political subdivision of the state.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 142.006
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 734,Sec. 125, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 93,Sec. 2.41, eff. 5/18/2013.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 27.002(12), eff. 9/1/2011.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 794, Sec. 3, eff. 6/19/2009.