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Amend HB 340 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION___. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to
read as follows:
(a) The following named criminal investigators of the United
States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the powers
of arrest, search and seizure as to felony offenses only under the
laws of the State of Texas:
(1) Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation;
(2) Special Agents of the Secret Service, except as
provided by Subsection (g);
(3) Special Agents of the United States Customs
Service;
(4) Special Agents of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms;
(5) Special Agents of Federal Drug Enforcement Agency;
(6) Inspectors of the United States Postal Service;
(7) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
Division and Inspectors of the Internal Security Division of the
Internal Revenue Service;
(8) Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval
Investigative Service;
(9) Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States
Marshals Service;
(10) Special Agents of the United States Immigration
and Naturalization Service; and
(11) Special Agents of the United States Department of
State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a Special Agent of the
Secret Service actively providing protection to or investigating a
threat against a person as authorized under 18 U.S.C. Section
3056(a) is not a peace officer under the laws of this state, except
that the agent has the powers of arrest, search, and seizure as to
any offense under the laws of this state.