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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities to |
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enter into an agreement to create a mutual aid law enforcement task |
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force. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 362.002(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A county, municipality, or joint airport may, by |
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resolution or order of its governing body, enter into an agreement |
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with a [neighboring] municipality, joint airport, or [contiguous] |
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county to form a mutual aid law enforcement task force to cooperate |
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in criminal investigations and law enforcement. Peace officers |
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employed by counties, municipalities, or joint airports covered by |
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the agreement have only the additional investigative authority |
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throughout the region as set forth in the agreement. The agreement |
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must provide for the compensation of peace officers involved in the |
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activities of the task force. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |