86R8993 JSC-F
 
  By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1546
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe to
  commission peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Article 2.126, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Art. 2.126.  PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY THE
  ALABAMA-COUSHATTA AND KICKAPOO INDIAN TRIBES [TRIBE].
         SECTION 2.  Article 2.126(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
  Tribe or the tribal council of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe is
  authorized to employ and commission peace officers for the purpose
  of enforcing state law within the boundaries of the tribe's
  reservation.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.