The provisions of the bill addressed by this analysis would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure as it relates to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Export Enforcement of the United States Department of Commerce. Under the provisions of the bill, special agents of the Office of Export Enforcement of the United States Department of Commerce would be added to the existing list of criminal investigators of the United States who would have the powers of arrest, search, and seizure under the laws of the state of Texas as to felony offenses only.
This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on the demand for state correctional resources. The bill does not expressly create a felony offense, increase the punishment for an existing misdemeanor to that of a felony, increase the punishment for an existing felony offense or category of felony-level offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for felony community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.