Section 554.010 - Peace Officers(a) The board may commission as a peace officer to enforce this subtitle an employee who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.(b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this subtitle has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this subtitle.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 93,Sec. 2.57, eff. 5/18/2013.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1361, Sec. 1, eff. 6/19/2009. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.