84R10318 ADM-D
By: Pickett H.B. No. 2346
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
commissioned law enforcement officers of a Federal Reserve bank.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) A commissioned law enforcement officer of a Federal
Reserve bank is not a peace officer under the laws of this state but
has the powers of arrest, search, and seizure as to any felony or
misdemeanor offense committed under the laws of this state:
(1) when the offense is committed on the premises,
grounds, or property of a Federal Reserve bank or the Federal
Reserve System; or
(2) while the officer is protecting:
(A) the personnel of a Federal Reserve bank or of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including
members of the board; or
(B) operations conducted by or on behalf of a
Federal Reserve bank or the board of governors.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.