86R12944 JRR-F
 
  By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 2877
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain persons who are special investigators.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 2.122(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An officer or agent [A person] designated by the
  Secretary of Homeland Security [as a special policeman by the
  Federal Protective Services division of the General Services
  Administration] under 40 U.S.C. Section 1315 for duty in connection
  with the protection of property owned or occupied by the federal
  government and persons on the property [318 or 318d] is not a peace
  officer but has the powers of arrest and search and seizure as to
  any offense under the laws of this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.