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                                                                  S.B. No. 801




AN ACT

relating to the powers and duties of peace officers commissioned by 
certain hospital districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under 
this section includes the property owned or controlled by the 
district that employs the peace officer and any street abutting, 
right-of-way over or through, or easement in the property.
	(c)  In a district peace officer's jurisdiction, the peace 
officer has the authority granted by Chapter 14, Code of Criminal 
Procedure. The [A district] peace officer may also make an arrest 
without a warrant in the officer's jurisdiction if[:
		[(1)  the arrest is necessary to prevent or abate the 
commission of a criminal offense and the offense or threatened 
offense occurs on any land, easement, right-of-way, or other 
property owned and controlled by the district; or
		[(2)]  the offense involves injury or harm to any 
property owned or controlled by the district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.





______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 801 passed the Senate on 
April 10, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 801 passed the House on 
May 25, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor