(a) The Public Safety Commission controls the department.
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished and Subsections (a) and (b) expire September 1, 2031.Īcts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (c) The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). (b) The department shall have its principal office and headquarters in Austin. The department is composed of the Texas Rangers, the Texas Highway Patrol, the administrative division, and other divisions that the commission considers necessary. (a) The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas is an agency of the state to enforce the laws protecting the public safety and provide for the prevention and detection of crime. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. For purposes of this chapter, a reference to "criminal justice agency" includes a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, for governmental purposes relating to criminal identification activities, including forensic analysis, that allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to those criminal identification activities.Īdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITIES. (4) "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet.Īcts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (3) "Director" means the public safety director. (2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. (1) "Commission" means the Public Safety Commission. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTIONĬHAPTER 411.