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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state |
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presented by transnational criminal activity, including by |
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establishing a Texas Homeland Security Division, and to compensate |
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persons affected by those threats. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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ARTICLE 1. TEXAS HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION |
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SECTION 1.01. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace |
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officers: |
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(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve |
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deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under |
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Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; |
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(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve |
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deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued |
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under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; |
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(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated |
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city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers |
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who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter |
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1701, Occupations Code; |
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(4) rangers, officers, and members of the reserve |
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officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the |
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Director of the Department of Public Safety; |
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(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal |
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district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices; |
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(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic |
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Beverage Commission; |
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(7) each member of an arson investigating unit |
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commissioned by a city, a county, or the state; |
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(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081, |
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Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code; |
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(9) officers commissioned by the General Services |
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Commission; |
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(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the |
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Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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(11) officers commissioned under Chapter 23, |
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Transportation Code; |
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(12) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and |
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security officers; |
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(13) security officers and investigators commissioned |
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as peace officers by the comptroller; |
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(14) officers commissioned by a water control and |
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improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code; |
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(15) officers commissioned by a board of trustees |
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under Chapter 54, Transportation Code; |
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(16) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical |
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Board; |
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(17) officers commissioned by: |
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(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County |
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Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar |
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County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District |
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under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code; |
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(B) the board of directors of the Ector County |
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Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local |
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Laws Code; |
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(C) the board of directors of the Midland County |
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Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121, |
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Special District Local Laws Code; and |
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(D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock |
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County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section |
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1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code; |
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(18) county park rangers commissioned under |
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Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code; |
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(19) investigators employed by the Texas Racing |
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Commission; |
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(20) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, |
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Occupations Code; |
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(21) officers commissioned by the governing body of a |
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metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108, |
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Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority |
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under Section 452.110, Transportation Code; |
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(22) investigators commissioned by the attorney |
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| Statutes affected:
Introduced: Government Code 421.044 (Government Code 421)