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| 1 | 1 | 81R1862 PEP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bonnen H.B. No. 819 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to | |
| 8 | 8 | commissioned law enforcement officers of the United States Fish and | |
| 9 | 9 | Wildlife Service. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (h) A commissioned law enforcement officer of the United | |
| 14 | 14 | States Fish and Wildlife Service is not a peace officer under the | |
| 15 | 15 | laws of this state, except that the officer has the powers of | |
| 16 | 16 | arrest, search, and seizure as to any offense under the laws of this | |
| 17 | 17 | state committed within the boundaries of the National Wildlife | |
| 18 | 18 | Refuge System. In this subsection, "National Wildlife Refuge | |
| 19 | 19 | System" has the meaning assigned by 16 U.S.C. Section 668dd. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |