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1	1	83R3000 MAW-D
2	2	By: Guillen H.B. No. 375
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to peace officers commissioned by the State Board of
8	8	Veterinary Medical Examiners.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace
13	13	officers:
14	14	(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
15	15	deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
16	16	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
17	17	(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
18	18	deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
19	19	under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
20	20	(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated
21	21	city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
22	22	who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
23	23	1701, Occupations Code;
24	24	(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public
25	25	Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public
26	26	Safety;
27	27	(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
28	28	district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
29	29	(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
30	30	Beverage Commission;
31	31	(7) each member of an arson investigating unit
32	32	commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
33	33	(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
34	34	Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
35	35	(9) officers commissioned by the General Services
36	36	Commission;
37	37	(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the
38	38	Parks and Wildlife Commission;
39	39	(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city
40	40	with a population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a
41	41	county with a population of 2 million or more that operates an
42	42	airport that serves commercial air carriers;
43	43	(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace
44	44	officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
45	45	state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
46	46	operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
47	47	(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
48	48	security officers;
49	49	(14) security officers and investigators commissioned
50	50	as peace officers by the comptroller;
51	51	(15) officers commissioned by a water control and
52	52	improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
53	53	(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees
54	54	under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
55	55	(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical
56	56	Board;
57	57	(18) officers commissioned by:
58	58	(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County
59	59	Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar
60	60	County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District
61	61	under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code; and
62	62	(B) the board of directors of the Ector County
63	63	Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local
64	64	Laws Code;
65	65	(19) county park rangers commissioned under
66	66	Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
67	67	(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing
68	68	Commission;
69	69	(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
70	70	Occupations Code;
71	71	(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a
72	72	metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
73	73	Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
74	74	under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
75	75	(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney
76	76	general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
77	77	(24) security officers and investigators commissioned
78	78	as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
79	79	(25) an officer employed by the Department of State
80	80	Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;
81	81	(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under
82	82	Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
83	83	(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
84	84	under Chapter 417, Government Code;
85	85	(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
86	86	of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
87	87	(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general
88	88	commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers
89	89	under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
90	90	(30) officers appointed by the inspector general of
91	91	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
92	92	Government Code;
93	93	(31) investigators commissioned by the Commission on
94	94	Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section
95	95	1701.160, Occupations Code;
96	96	(32) commission investigators commissioned by the
97	97	Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061(f),
98	98	Occupations Code;
99	99	(33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
100	100	investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
101	101	Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
102	102	(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of
103	103	Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
104	104	to the limitations imposed by that section;
105	105	(35) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
106	106	Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human
107	107	Resources Code; [and]
108	108	(36) the fire marshal and any related officers,
109	109	inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
110	110	Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code; and
111	111	(37) officers commissioned by the State Board of
112	112	Veterinary Medical Examiners under Section 801.163, Occupations
113	113	Code.
114	114	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is
115	115	amended by adding Section 801.163 to read as follows:
116	116	Sec. 801.163. PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The board may commission
117	117	as a peace officer to enforce this chapter an employee who has been
118	118	certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Commission on
119	119	Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
120	120	(b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this
121	121	chapter has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace
122	122	officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this
123	123	chapter.
124	124	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
125	125	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
126	126	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
127	127	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
128	128	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.