By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1415

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2007; March 20, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the attorney general to employ and commission peace officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 402.009, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 402.009. AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY AND COMMISSION PEACE OFFICERS. The attorney general may employ and commission peace officers as investigators for the [limited] purpose of assisting the attorney general in carrying out the duties of that office relating to criminal law enforcement, including prosecution assistance and crime prevention, and for the purpose of fugitive apprehension efforts and programs.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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