BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                        S.B. 903

79R4648 UM-F                                                                                                             By: Whitmire

Criminal Justice

3/17/2005

As Filed

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

As proposed, S.B. 903 updates Texas state law to reflect the change in federal law transferring the Federal Protective Service Division from the General Services Administration to the new Department of Homeland Security under 40 U.S.C. § 1315 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 2.122(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, to provide that a person designated as an officer or agent with law enforcement authority, rather than a special policeman, by the Federal Protective Services division of the United States Department of Homeland Security under 40 U.S.C. Section 1315, rather than the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C. Section 318 or 318d, is not a peace officer but has the powers of arrest and search and seizure as to any offense under the laws of this state. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2005.