Amend HB 3018 as follows: (1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Article 2.12(29), Code of Criminal Procedure, (senate committee printing, page 2, line 35), after "Code;", strike "and". (2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Article 2.12(30), Code of Criminal Procedure (senate committee printing, page 2, line 37, between "Code" and ".", insert "; and (31) investigators commissioned by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Section 81.021, Natural Resources Code". (3) Insert the following appropriately numbered sections of the bill: SECTION _____. Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 81.021 to read as follows: Sec. 81.021. INVESTIGATORS AS PEACE OFFICERS. The commission may commission investigators as peace officers to investigate oil field thefts and related matters. Not more than 11 investigators may hold a commission under this section at the same time. SECTION _____. 415.035, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) This section does not apply to the Railroad Commission of Texas. SECTION _____. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 46.15. NONAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN PEACE OFFICERS. (a) Except as provide by Subsection (b), Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to peace officers and neither section prohibits a peace officer from carrying a weapon in this state, regardless of whether the officer is engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's duties while carrying the weapon. (b) This section does not apply to a person commissioned by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Section 81.021, Natural Resources Code. (4) Renumber the sections of the bill accordingly.