Amend HB 3201 (House Committee Report) as follows:                           
	(1)  On page 4, line 19, strike "and".                                  
	(2)  On page 4, line 22, between "Code" and the period, 
insert the following:
	; and                                                                   
		(37)  railroad peace officers appointed by the public 
safety director of the Department of Public Safety under Article 
2.121, subject to the limitations imposed by that article
	(3)  On page 4, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Article 2.121, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Art. 2.121.  RAILROAD PEACE OFFICERS.  (a) The public safety
director of the Department of Public Safety may appoint [up to 250] 
railroad peace officers who are employed by a railroad company to 
aid law enforcement agencies in the protection of railroad property 
and the protection of the persons and property of railroad 
passengers and employees.  Each appointed officer has all the 
powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while 
carrying out duties as a railroad peace officer within the 
boundaries of this state.
	(b)  [Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this article, a 
railroad peace officer may make arrests and exercise all authority 
given peace officers under this code when necessary to prevent or 
abate the commission of an offense involving injury to passengers 
and employees of the railroad or damage to railroad property or to 
protect railroad property or property in the custody or control of 
the railroad.
	[(c)  A railroad peace officer may not issue a traffic 
citation for a violation of Chapter 521, Transportation Code, or 
Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation Code.
	[(d)] A railroad peace officer is not entitled to state 
benefits normally provided by the state to a peace officer.
	(c) [(e)]  A person may not serve as a railroad peace officer 
for a railroad company unless:
		(1)  the Texas Railroad Association submits the 
person's application for appointment and certification as a 
railroad peace officer to the public safety director of the 
Department of Public Safety and to the executive director of the 
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education;
		(2)  the public safety director of the department 
issues the person a certificate of authority to act as a railroad 
peace officer;  and
		(3)  the executive director of the commission 
determines that the person meets minimum standards required of 
peace officers by the commission relating to competence, 
reliability, education, training, morality, and physical and 
mental health and issues the person a license as a railroad peace 
officer;  and
		(4)  the person has met all standards for certification 
as a peace officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer 
Standards and Education.
	(d) [(f)]  For good cause, the public safety director of the 
department may revoke a certificate of authority issued under this 
article and the executive director of the commission may revoke a 
license issued under this article.  Termination of employment with 
a railroad company, or the revocation of a railroad peace officer 
license, constitutes [shall constitute] an automatic revocation of 
a certificate of authority to act as a railroad peace officer.
	(e) [(g)]  A railroad company is liable for any act or 
omission by a person serving as a railroad peace officer for the 
company that is within the person's scope of employment.  Neither 
the state nor any political subdivision or agency of the state is
[shall be] liable for any act or omission by a person appointed as a 
railroad peace officer.  The employing railroad company shall pay 
all [All] expenses incurred by the granting or revocation of a 
certificate of authority to act as a railroad peace officer [shall 
be paid by the employing railroad company].
	(f) [(h)]  A railroad peace officer who is a member of a 
railroad craft may not perform the duties of a member of any other 
railroad craft during a strike or labor dispute.
	(g) [(i)]  The public safety director of the department and 
the executive director of the commission may adopt [shall have the 
authority to promulgate] rules necessary for the effective 
administration and performance of the duties and responsibilities 
delegated to the directors [them] by this article.