| 1 | 1 | | By: West S.B. No. 284 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Fletcher) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to |
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| 8 | 8 | | police officers with the Office of Security and Law Enforcement of |
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| 9 | 9 | | the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 2.122, Code of Criminal |
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| 12 | 12 | | Procedure, as amended by Chapters 1223 (S.B. 530) and 1319 (S.B. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 150), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) The following named criminal investigators of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the |
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| 17 | 17 | | powers of arrest, search, and seizure under the laws of this state |
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| 18 | 18 | | as to felony offenses only: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Investigation; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) Special Agents of the Secret Service; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) Special Agents of the United States Immigration |
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| 23 | 23 | | and Customs Enforcement; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Firearms and Explosives; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) Special Agents of the United States Drug |
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| 27 | 27 | | Enforcement Administration; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (6) Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection |
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| 29 | 29 | | Service; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (7) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation |
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| 31 | 31 | | Division of the Internal Revenue Service; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (8) Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval |
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| 33 | 33 | | Criminal Investigative Service; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (9) Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States |
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| 35 | 35 | | Marshals Service; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (10) Special Agents of the United States Department of |
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| 37 | 37 | | State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (11) Special Agents of the Treasury Inspector General |
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| 39 | 39 | | for Tax Administration; [and] |
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| 40 | 40 | | (12) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General |
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| 41 | 41 | | of the United States Social Security Administration; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (13) [(12)] Special Agents of the Office of Inspector |
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| 43 | 43 | | General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (14) a police officer with the Office of Security and |
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| 45 | 45 | | Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans |
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| 46 | 46 | | Affairs. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 48 | 48 | | over another Act of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, |
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| 49 | 49 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 50 | 50 | | codes. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 52 | 52 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 53 | 53 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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