78R12382 KCR-D


By:  Solis                                                        H.B. No. 1382

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1382:                                   

By:  Driver                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 1382



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the powers of a commissioned law enforcement officer of 
the National Park Service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 2.122(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  A commissioned law enforcement officer of the National 
Park Service is not a peace officer under the laws of this state, 
except that the officer has the powers of arrest, search, and 
seizure as to any offense under the laws of this state committed 
within any unit [the boundaries] of the [a] national park system [or 
national recreation area.  In this subsection, "national park or 
national recreation area" means a national park or national 
recreation area included in the National Park System] as defined by 
16 U.S.C.  Section 1c(a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.