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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of |
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Texas to commission peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Article 2.126, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.126. PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY THE |
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ALABAMA-COUSHATTA [INDIAN] TRIBE OF TEXAS AND THE KICKAPOO |
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TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS. |
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SECTION 2. Article 2.126(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta [Indian] |
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Tribe of Texas or the tribal council of the Kickapoo Traditional |
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Tribe of Texas is authorized to employ and commission peace |
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officers for the purpose of enforcing state law within the |
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boundaries of the tribe's reservation. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |