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By: Williams |
S.B. No. 1697 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland |
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Security; April 29, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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April 29, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1697 |
By: Williams |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to duties and restrictions regarding the special Texas |
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Rangers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.023, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) A special ranger is subject to the orders of the |
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commission and the governor for special duty to the same extent as |
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other law enforcement officers provided for by this chapter, except |
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that a special ranger may not enforce a law [except one designed to
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protect life and property and may not enforce a law] regulating the |
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use of a state highway by a motor vehicle. A special ranger is not |
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connected with a ranger company or uniformed unit of the |
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department. |
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(g) The director may call special rangers into service to: |
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(1) preserve the peace and protect life and property; |
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(2) conduct background investigations; |
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(3) monitor sex offenders; |
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(4) serve as part of two-officer units on patrol in |
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high threat areas; and |
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(5) provide assistance to the department during |
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disasters. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.024, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) A special Texas Ranger is subject to the orders of the |
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commission and the governor for special duty to the same extent as |
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other law enforcement officers provided for by this chapter, except |
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that a special Texas Ranger may not enforce a law [except one
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designed to protect life and property and may not enforce a law] |
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regulating the use of a state highway by a motor vehicle. A special |
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Texas Ranger is not connected with a ranger company or uniformed |
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unit of the department. |
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(g) The director may call special Texas Rangers into service |
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to: |
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(1) preserve the peace and protect life and property; |
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(2) conduct background investigations; |
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(3) monitor sex offenders; |
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(4) serve as part of two-officer units on patrol in |
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high threat areas; and |
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(5) provide assistance to the department during |
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disasters. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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