86R2019 MP-F
 
  By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 1789
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities to
  enter into an agreement to create a mutual aid law enforcement task
  force.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 362.002(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A county, municipality, or joint airport may, by
  resolution or order of its governing body, enter into an agreement
  with a [neighboring] municipality, joint airport, or [contiguous]
  county to form a mutual aid law enforcement task force to cooperate
  in criminal investigations and law enforcement. Peace officers
  employed by counties, municipalities, or joint airports covered by
  the agreement have only the additional investigative authority
  throughout the region as set forth in the agreement. The agreement
  must provide for the compensation of peace officers involved in the
  activities of the task force.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2019.