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By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 801
	(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2003; March 10, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 3, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 3, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 801                                    By:  Ratliff


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.



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