S.C.R. No. 71 




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 1652 has passed the senate and the 
house of representatives and is being prepared for enrollment; and
	WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be 
corrected; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED by the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas, That 
the enrolling clerk of the senate be instructed to make the 
following correction:
	Add a new Article 9 to the bill to read as follows, renumber 
existing Article 9 as Article 10, and renumber the sections of 
existing Article 9 accordingly:

ARTICLE 9.  SECURITY OFFICERS
	SECTION 9.01.  (a)  Section 51.214, Education Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.214.  SECURITY OFFICERS FOR MEDICAL CORPORATIONS IN 
CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  In any municipality with a population 
of 1.18 million or more, the governing board of a private, nonprofit 
medical corporation that provides security services for an 
institution of higher education or a private postsecondary 
educational institution and other entities located within the same 
medical complex, or that provides security services for a branch of 
that medical corporation [complex], may employ and commission 
security personnel to enforce the law of this state within the 
jurisdiction designated by Subsection (c) [at the medical complex 
and its branches].
	(b)  An officer commissioned under this section may make 
arrests and has all the powers, privileges, and immunities of a 
peace officer while [on the property under the control and 
jurisdiction of the medical corporation or while otherwise] 
performing the officer's [his] assigned duties within the 
jurisdiction designated by Subsection (c).  An officer assigned to 
duty and commissioned shall take and file the oath required of peace 
officers and shall execute and file a good and sufficient bond in 
the sum of $1,000, payable to the governor, with two or more good 
and sufficient sureties, conditioned that the officer [he] will 
fairly, impartially, and faithfully perform the duties required of 
the officer [him] by law.  The bond may be sued on from time to time 
in the name of the person injured until the whole amount is 
recovered.
	(c)  The jurisdiction of an officer commissioned under this 
section is limited to:
		(1)  property owned, leased, managed, or controlled by 
the medical corporation; and
		(2)  a street or alley that abuts the property or an 
easement in or a right-of-way over or through the property.
	(d)  An officer commissioned by a medical corporation under 
this section is not entitled to compensation or benefits provided 
by this state or a political subdivision of this state.
	(e)  The state or a political subdivision of this state is 
not liable for an act or omission of an officer commissioned under 
this section during the performance of the officer's assigned 
duties.
	(f)  A medical corporation may not commission a person under 
this section unless the person obtains a peace officer license 
issued by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and 
Education.  The medical corporation shall pay to the Commission on 
Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education on behalf of an 
employee any fees that are necessary to obtain a required license.
	(g)  A person's commission and any authority to act as an 
officer under this section are automatically revoked if the 
person's employment with a medical corporation is terminated for 
any reason.
	(b)  This section takes effect September 1, 2003.                              
	(c)  A person commissioned before the effective date of this 
section by a private nonprofit medical corporation under Section 
51.214, Education Code, must obtain a peace officer license issued 
by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and 
Education not later than September 1, 2004.  If that person does not 
obtain the license by that date, the person's commission and any 
authority to act as an officer under Section 51.214, Education 
Code, as amended by this section, are automatically revoked.

                                                                              





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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 71 was adopted by the Senate 
on June 2, 2003.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 71 was adopted by the House 
on June 2, 2003.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor