By Armbrister S.B. No. 734
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the number of certified peace officers commissioned and
1-3 employed by the Office of the Attorney General.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 402.009, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Section 402.009. Authority to Employ and Commission Peace
1-8 Officers. The attorney general may employ and commission [as]
1-9 peace officers [not more than five persons at any one time] as
1-10 investigators for the limited purpose of assisting the attorney
1-11 general in carrying out the duties of that office relating to
1-12 prosecution assistance and crime prevention.
1-13 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect on
1-14 September 1, 1999.
1-15 SECTION 3. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
1-16 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19 days in each house be suspended.