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By: Averitt S.B. No. 615
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers of a Special Agent of the Secret Service to
effect an arrest, search, or seizure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) In addition to the powers of arrest, search, and seizure
under Subsection (a), a Special Agent of the Secret Service
protecting a person described by 18 U.S.C. Section 3056(a) or
investigating a threat against a person described by 18 U.S.C.
Section 3056(a) has the powers of arrest, search, and seizure as to:
(1) misdemeanor offenses under the laws of this state;
and
(2) any criminal offense under federal law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.