82R5906 CJC-D

By: Gonzalez H.B. No. 858

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to

employ and commission peace officers.

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

SECTION 1. Section 281.057(a), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) The board of the Dallas County Hospital District, the

Tarrant County Hospital District, [or] the Bexar County Hospital

District, or the El Paso County Hospital District may employ and

commission peace officers for the district.

SECTION 2. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended to read as follows:

Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace

officers:

(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve

deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under

Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve

deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued

under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated

city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers

who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter

1701, Occupations Code;

(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public

Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public

Safety;

(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal

district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;

(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic

Beverage Commission;

(7) each member of an arson investigating unit

commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;

(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081,

Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;

(9) officers commissioned by the General Services

Commission;

(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the

Parks and Wildlife Commission;

(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city

with a population of more than 1.18 million that operates an airport

that serves commercial air carriers;

(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace

officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this

state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that

operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;

(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and

security officers;

(14) security officers and investigators commissioned

as peace officers by the comptroller;

(15) officers commissioned by a water control and

improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;

(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees

under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;

(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical

Board;

(18) officers commissioned by the board of managers of

the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital

District, [or] the Bexar County Hospital District, or the El Paso

County Hospital District under Section 281.057, Health and Safety

Code;

(19) county park rangers commissioned under

Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;

(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing

Commission;

(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554,

Occupations Code;

(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a

metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,

Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority

under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;

(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney

general under Section 402.009, Government Code;

(24) security officers and investigators commissioned

as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;

(25) an officer employed by the Department of State

Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;

(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under

Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;

(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal

under Chapter 417, Government Code;

(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner

of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;

(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general

commissioned by the Texas Youth Commission as officers under

Sections 61.0451 and 61.0931, Human Resources Code;

(30) officers appointed by the inspector general of

the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,

Government Code;

(31) investigators commissioned by the Commission on

Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section

1701.160, Occupations Code;

(32) commission investigators commissioned by the

Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061(f),

Occupations Code;

(33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or

investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under

Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;

(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of

Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject

to the limitations imposed by that section;

(35) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile

Probation Commission as officers under Section 141.055, Human

Resources Code; and

(36) the fire marshal and any related officers,

inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under

Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2011.