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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain criminal investigators of the |
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United States to enforce the laws of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The following named criminal investigators of the |
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United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the |
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powers of arrest, search and seizure as to any offense [felony
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offenses only] under the laws of the State of Texas: |
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(1) Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of |
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Investigation; |
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(2) Special Agents and Law Enforcement Officers of the |
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United States Secret Service; |
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(3) Special Agents, Customs and Border Protection |
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Officers, and Border Patrol Agents of the United States Department |
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of Homeland Security [Customs Service]; |
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(4) Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, |
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[and] Firearms, and Explosives; |
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(5) Special Agents of the United States [Federal] Drug |
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Enforcement Administration [Agency]; |
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(6) Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection |
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Service; |
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(7) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation |
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Division and Inspectors of the Internal Security Division of the |
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Internal Revenue Service; |
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(8) Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval |
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Criminal Investigative Service; |
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(9) Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States |
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Marshals Service; |
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(10) [Special Agents of the United States Immigration
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and Naturalization Service; and
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[(11)] Special Agents of the United States Department |
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of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; |
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(11) Law Enforcement Officers and Agents designated by |
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the Secretary of Homeland Security under 40 U.S.C. Section 1315 for |
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duty in connection with the protection of property owned or |
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occupied by the federal government and persons on the property; |
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(12) Commissioned Law Enforcement Officers of the |
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National Park Service; and |
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(13) Special Agents or Law Enforcement Officers of the |
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United States Forest Service. |
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SECTION 2. Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g), Article |
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2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |