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1	1	By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1959
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
4	4	May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
5	5	Nays 2; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
6	6	Click here to see the committee vote
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8	8
9	9	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	10	AN ACT
11	11	relating to peace officers commissioned by the State Board of
12	12	Veterinary Medical Examiners.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
15	15	amended to read as follows:
16	16	Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace
17	17	officers:
18	18	(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
19	19	deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
20	20	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
21	21	(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
22	22	deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
23	23	under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
24	24	(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated
25	25	city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
26	26	who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
27	27	1701, Occupations Code;
28	28	(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public
29	29	Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public
30	30	Safety;
31	31	(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
32	32	district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
33	33	(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
34	34	Beverage Commission;
35	35	(7) each member of an arson investigating unit
36	36	commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
37	37	(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
38	38	Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
39	39	(9) officers commissioned by the General Services
40	40	Commission;
41	41	(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the
42	42	Parks and Wildlife Commission;
43	43	(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city
44	44	with a population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a
45	45	county with a population of 2 million or more that operates an
46	46	airport that serves commercial air carriers;
47	47	(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace
48	48	officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
49	49	state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
50	50	operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
51	51	(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
52	52	security officers;
53	53	(14) security officers and investigators commissioned
54	54	as peace officers by the comptroller;
55	55	(15) officers commissioned by a water control and
56	56	improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
57	57	(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees
58	58	under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
59	59	(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical
60	60	Board;
61	61	(18) officers commissioned by:
62	62	(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County
63	63	Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar
64	64	County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District
65	65	under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
66	66	(B) the board of directors of the Ector County
67	67	Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local
68	68	Laws Code; and
69	69	(C) the board of directors of the Midland County
70	70	Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121,
71	71	Special District Local Laws Code;
72	72	(19) county park rangers commissioned under
73	73	Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
74	74	(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing
75	75	Commission;
76	76	(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
77	77	Occupations Code;
78	78	(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a
79	79	metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
80	80	Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
81	81	under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
82	82	(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney
83	83	general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
84	84	(24) security officers and investigators commissioned
85	85	as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
86	86	(25) an officer employed by the Department of State
87	87	Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;
88	88	(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under
89	89	Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
90	90	(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
91	91	under Chapter 417, Government Code;
92	92	(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
93	93	of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
94	94	(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general
95	95	commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers
96	96	under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
97	97	(30) officers appointed by the inspector general of
98	98	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
99	99	Government Code;
100	100	(31) investigators commissioned by the Texas
101	101	Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations
102	102	Code;
103	103	(32) commission investigators commissioned by the
104	104	Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061(f),
105	105	Occupations Code;
106	106	(33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
107	107	investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
108	108	Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
109	109	(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of
110	110	Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
111	111	to the limitations imposed by that section;
112	112	(35) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
113	113	Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human
114	114	Resources Code; [and]
115	115	(36) the fire marshal and any related officers,
116	116	inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
117	117	Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code; and
118	118	(37) officers commissioned by the State Board of
119	119	Veterinary Medical Examiners under Section 801.164, Occupations
120	120	Code.
121	121	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is
122	122	amended by adding Section 801.164 to read as follows:
123	123	Sec. 801.164. PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The board may
124	124	commission as a peace officer to enforce this chapter an employee
125	125	who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the
126	126	Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
127	127	(b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this
128	128	chapter has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace
129	129	officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this
130	130	chapter.
131	131	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
132	132	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
133	133	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
134	134	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
135	135	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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