1-1 By: Hernandez, Bailey, et al. H.B. No. 635
1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)
1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 1993;
1-4 April 13, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-5 Intergovernmental Relations; April 22, 1993, reported favorably by
1-6 the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 22, 1993, sent to
1-7 printer.)
1-8 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-9 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-10 Armbrister x
1-11 Leedom x
1-12 Carriker x
1-13 Henderson x
1-14 Madla x
1-15 Moncrief x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Rosson x
1-18 Shapiro x
1-19 Wentworth x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to campus security personnel commissioned as peace
1-24 officers.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-27 amended to read as follows:
1-28 Art. 2.12. Who Are Peace Officers. The following are peace
1-29 officers:
1-30 (1) sheriffs and their deputies;
1-31 (2) constables and deputy constables;
1-32 (3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated
1-33 city, town, or village;
1-34 (4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public
1-35 Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public
1-36 Safety;
1-37 (5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
1-38 district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
1-39 (6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
1-40 Beverage Commission;
1-41 (7) each member of an arson investigating unit
1-42 commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
1-43 (8) officers commissioned under Section 21.483,
1-44 Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
1-45 (9) officers commissioned by the State Purchasing and
1-46 General Services Commission;
1-47 (10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the
1-48 Parks and Wildlife Commission;
1-49 (11) airport police officers commissioned by a city
1-50 with a population of more than one million, according to the most
1-51 recent federal census, that operates an airport that serves
1-52 commercial air carriers;
1-53 (12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace
1-54 officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
1-55 state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
1-56 operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
1-57 (13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
1-58 security officers;
1-59 (14) security officers commissioned as peace officers
1-60 by the State Treasurer;
1-61 (15) officers commissioned by a water control and
1-62 improvement district under Section 51.132, Water Code;
1-63 (16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees
1-64 under Chapter 341, Acts of the 57th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-65 1961 (Article 1187f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
1-66 (17) investigators commissioned by the Texas State
1-67 Board of Medical Examiners;
1-68 (18) officers commissioned by the board of managers of
2-1 the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital
2-2 District, or the Bexar County Hospital District under Section
2-3 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
2-4 (19) county park rangers commissioned under Subchapter
2-5 E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
2-6 (20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing
2-7 Commission;
2-8 (21) officers commissioned by the State Board of
2-9 Pharmacy;
2-10 (22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a
2-11 metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 13, Chapter 141,
2-12 Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x,
2-13 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or by a regional transportation
2-14 authority under Section 10, Chapter 683, Acts of the 66th
2-15 Legislature, Regular Session, 1979 (Article 1118y, Vernon's Texas
2-16 Civil Statutes);
2-17 (23) officers commissioned by the Texas High-Speed
2-18 Rail Authority;
2-19 (24) investigators commissioned by the attorney
2-20 general under Section 402.009, Government Code; and
2-21 (25) security officers and investigators commissioned
2-22 as peace officers under the State Lottery Act.
2-23 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-28 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-29 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-30 * * * * *
2-31 Austin,
2-32 Texas
2-33 April 22, 1993
2-34 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-35 President of the Senate
2-36 Sir:
2-37 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
2-38 referred H.B. No. 635, have had the same under consideration, and I
2-39 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
2-40 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
2-41 Armbrister,
2-42 Chairman
2-43 * * * * *
2-44 WITNESSES
2-45 FOR AGAINST ON
2-46 ___________________________________________________________________
2-47 Name: Sandy Kibby x
2-48 Representing: Tx PTA
2-49 City: Austin
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2-51 Name: Lloyd D. Choice x
2-52 Representing: Houston Ind. Sch. Dist
2-53 City: Houston
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2-55 Name: Ross Schulle x
2-56 Representing: Tx Comm. On Law Enforcement
2-57 City: Austin
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2-59 FOR AGAINST ON
2-60 ___________________________________________________________________
2-61 Name: Charles Brawner x
2-62 Representing: Tx Assoc. School Dist. Police
2-63 City: maty
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2-65 Name: Thomas Nichols x
2-66 Representing: LISD Gang Task Force
2-67 City: Lubbock
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2-69 Name: Thomas W. Preison x
2-70 Representing: Pasadena
3-1 City: La Porte
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3-3 Name: Les Burton x
3-4 Representing: Houston ISD
3-5 City: Houston
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3-7 Name: Jeff Ward x
3-8 Representing: Tx Assoc. School Dist. Police
3-9 City: San Antonio
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3-11 Name: Alan Bragg x
3-12 Representing: Spring ISD Police Dept.
3-13 City: Houston
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3-15 Name: Jim Lyde x
3-16 Representing: Tx Municipal Police Assoc.
3-17 City: Austin
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3-19 Name: Eugene Lewis x
3-20 Representing: Galveston ISD
3-21 City: Galveston
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3-23 Name: Jack Campbell x
3-24 Representing: Tx Assoc. of Sch. Admini.
3-25 City: Austin
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3-27 Name: Mike Howard x
3-28 Representing: Houston Police Patrolmen's Un.
3-29 City: Houston
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