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1	1	By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 601
2	2	(Gonzalez)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to
8	8	employ and commission peace officers.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 281.057, Health and
11	11	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) The board of the Dallas County Hospital District, the
13	13	Tarrant County Hospital District, [or] the Bexar County Hospital
14	14	District, or the El Paso County Hospital District may employ and
15	15	commission peace officers for the district.
16	16	SECTION 2. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
17	17	amended to read as follows:
18	18	Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace
19	19	officers:
20	20	(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
21	21	deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
22	22	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
23	23	(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
24	24	deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
25	25	under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
26	26	(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated
27	27	city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
28	28	who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
29	29	1701, Occupations Code;
30	30	(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public
31	31	Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public
32	32	Safety;
33	33	(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
34	34	district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
35	35	(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
36	36	Beverage Commission;
37	37	(7) each member of an arson investigating unit
38	38	commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
39	39	(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
40	40	Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
41	41	(9) officers commissioned by the General Services
42	42	Commission;
43	43	(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the
44	44	Parks and Wildlife Commission;
45	45	(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city
46	46	with a population of more than 1.18 million that operates an airport
47	47	that serves commercial air carriers;
48	48	(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace
49	49	officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
50	50	state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
51	51	operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
52	52	(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
53	53	security officers;
54	54	(14) security officers and investigators commissioned
55	55	as peace officers by the comptroller;
56	56	(15) officers commissioned by a water control and
57	57	improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
58	58	(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees
59	59	under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
60	60	(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical
61	61	Board;
62	62	(18) officers commissioned by the board of managers of
63	63	the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital
64	64	District, [or] the Bexar County Hospital District, or the El Paso
65	65	County Hospital District under Section 281.057, Health and Safety
66	66	Code;
67	67	(19) county park rangers commissioned under
68	68	Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
69	69	(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing
70	70	Commission;
71	71	(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
72	72	Occupations Code;
73	73	(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a
74	74	metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
75	75	Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
76	76	under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
77	77	(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney
78	78	general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
79	79	(24) security officers and investigators commissioned
80	80	as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
81	81	(25) an officer employed by the Department of State
82	82	Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;
83	83	(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under
84	84	Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
85	85	(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
86	86	under Chapter 417, Government Code;
87	87	(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
88	88	of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
89	89	(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general
90	90	commissioned by the Texas Youth Commission as officers under
91	91	Sections 61.0451 and 61.0931, Human Resources Code;
92	92	(30) officers appointed by the inspector general of
93	93	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
94	94	Government Code;
95	95	(31) investigators commissioned by the Commission on
96	96	Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section
97	97	1701.160, Occupations Code;
98	98	(32) commission investigators commissioned by the
99	99	Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061(f),
100	100	Occupations Code;
101	101	(33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
102	102	investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
103	103	Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
104	104	(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of
105	105	Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
106	106	to the limitations imposed by that section;
107	107	(35) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
108	108	Probation Commission as officers under Section 141.055, Human
109	109	Resources Code; and
110	110	(36) the fire marshal and any related officers,
111	111	inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
112	112	Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code.
113	113	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
114	114	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
115	115	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
116	116	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
117	117	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.