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Property Tax
Form 50-284
Request for Confidentiality
Definitions of Terms: Tax Code Section 25.025
A peace officer is dened by Art. 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure as:
(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies who hold a per-
manent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupa-
tions Code;
(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve deputy constables
who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
1701, Occupations Code;
(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated city, town, or village,
and those reserve municipal police officers who hold a permanent
peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public Safety Commission
and the Director of the Department of Public Safety;
(5) investigators of the district attorneys’, criminal district attorneys’, and
county attorneys’ offices;
(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commis-
sion;
(7) each member of an arson investigating unit commissioned by a city,
a county, or the state;
(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081, Education Code, or
Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
(9) officers commissioned by the General Services Commission;
(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife
Commission;
(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city with a population of
more than 1.18 million located primarily in a county with a population
of 2 million or more that operates an airport that serves commercial
air carriers;
(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace officers by the
governing body of any political subdivision of this state, other than a
city described by Subdivision (11), that operates an airport that serves
commercial air carriers;
(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and security officers;
(14) security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers by
the comptroller;
(15) officers commissioned by a water control and improvement district
under Section 49.216, Water Code;
(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees under Chapter 54,
Transportation Code;
(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical Board;
(18) officers commissioned by the board of managers of the Dallas
County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the
Bexar County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital Dis-
trict under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code; the board of
directors of the Ector County Hospital District under Section 1024.117,
Special District Local Laws Code; and the board of directors of the
Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under
Section 1061.121, Special District Local Laws Code;
(19) county park rangers commissioned under Subchapter E, Chapter
351, Local Government Code;
(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing Commission;
(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, Occupations Code;
(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a metropolitan rapid
transit authority under Section 451.108, Transportation Code, or by a
regional transportation authority under Section 452.110, Transporta-
tion Code;
(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney general under Section
402.009, Government Code;
(24) security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers
under Chapter 466, Government Code;
(25) an officer employed by the Department of State Health Services
under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;
(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under Subchapter F, Chapter
53, Government Code;
(27) officers commissioned by the state re marshal under Chapter 417,
Government Code;
(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner of insurance
under Section 701.104 , Insurance Code;
(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general commissioned by
the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers under Section
242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
(30) officers appointed by the executive director of the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, Government Code;
(31) investigators commissioned by the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations Code;
(32) commission investigators commissioned by the Texas Commission
on Private Security under Section 1702.061(f), Occupations Code;
(33) the re marshal and any officers, inspectors, or investigators commis-
sioned by an emergency services district under Chapter 775, Health
and Safety Code;
(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of Dental Examiners under
Section 254.013, Occupations Code;
(35) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Depart-
ment as officers under Section 221.011, Human Resources Code;
and
(36) the re marshal and any related officers, inspectors, or investigators
commissioned by a county under Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local
Government Code.
STEP 4: Read, Sign, and Date
I certify the information in this document and any information attached is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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Name
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Signature of Person Requesting Condentiality Date
If you make a false statement on this form, you could be found guilty of a Class A misdemeanor or a state jail felony under Section 37.10 Penal Code.