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Senate Bill 602 |
Senate Author: Birdwell et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Harless |
Senate Bill 602 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure and Government Code to require the Department of Public Safety to develop a training program for federal border patrol agents on Texas' criminal laws and provide the program to an agent on request. The bill grants a border patrol agent who completes the training the powers of arrest and search and seizure as to any Texas felony offense if the arrest, search, or seizure is incident to a detainment under federal law and occurs on the premises of a designated port of entry or at a border patrol traffic checkpoint.