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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of investigators of the Texas Commission |
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on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 2.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace |
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officers: |
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(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies |
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who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter |
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1701, Occupations Code; |
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(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve deputy |
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constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under |
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Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; |
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(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated city, |
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town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers who |
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hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, |
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Occupations Code; |
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(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public Safety |
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Commission and the Director of the Department of Public Safety; |
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(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal |
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district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices; |
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(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage |
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Commission; |
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(7) each member of an arson investigating unit commissioned |
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by a city, a county, or the state; |
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(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081, Education |
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Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code; |
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(9) officers commissioned by the General Services |
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Commission; |
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(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and |
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Wildlife Commission; |
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(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city with a |
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population of more than 1.18 million that operates an airport that |
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serves commercial air carriers; |
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(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace |
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officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this |
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state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that |
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operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers; |
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(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and security |
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officers; |
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(14) security officers and investigators commissioned as |
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peace officers by the comptroller; |
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(15) officers commissioned by a water control and |
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improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code; |
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(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees under |
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Chapter 54, Transportation Code; |
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(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas State Board of |
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Medical Examiners; |
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(18) officers commissioned by the board of managers of the |
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Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital |
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District, or the Bexar County Hospital District under Section |
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281.057, Health and Safety Code; |
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(19) county park rangers commissioned under Subchapter E, |
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Chapter 351, Local Government Code; |
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(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing Commission; |
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(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, Occupations |
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Code; |
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(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a |
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metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108, |
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Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority |
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under Section 452.110, Transportation Code; |
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(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney general |
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under Section 402.009, Government Code; |
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(24) security officers and investigators commissioned as |
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peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code; |
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(25) an officer employed by the Texas Department of Health |
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under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code; |
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(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under |
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Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code; |
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(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal under |
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Chapter 417, Government Code; |
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(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner of |
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insurance under Article 1.10D, Insurance Code; |
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(29) apprehension specialists commissioned by the Texas |
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Youth Commission as officers under Section 61.0931, Human Resources |
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Code; |
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(30) officers appointed by the executive director of the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, |
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Government Code; |
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(31) investigators commissioned by the Commission on Law |
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Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section
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1701.160, Occupations Code; |
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(32) commission investigators commissioned by the Texas |
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Commission on Private Security under Section 1702.061(f), |
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Occupations Code; |
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(33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or |
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investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under |
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Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; and |
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(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of Dental |
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Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject to the |
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limitations imposed by that section. |
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SECTION 2. Title 10, Chapter 1701, Section 1701.160, |
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Occupations Code, is amended as follows: |
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Sec. 1701.160. AUTHORITY TO COMMISSION INVESTIGATORS AS |
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PEACE OFFICERS. The commission may commission certified peace |
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officers as investigators employed by the commission.for the
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limited purpose of assisting the commission in administering this
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chapter.
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |