| TO: | Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB340 by Seaman (Relating to the authority of a navigation district to establish a volunteer police reserve force and to the state law enforcement authority of certain federal peace officers. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Water Code to authorize the navigation and canal commission of a navigation district that has established a police force to establish a volunteer police reserve force. Reserve officers may be, but would not be required to be, a licensed peace officer. Members of the reserve police force would not be considered employees of the district and would serve without pay, benefits, or participation in a pension plan. Reserve officers would not be exempt from requirements of the Private Security Act.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives the required two-thirds vote in both houses; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2005.
A navigation district would experience minimal administrative costs.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
| Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, SR, DLBa
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