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| 1 | 1 | 86R8993 JSC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1546 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe to | |
| 8 | 8 | commission peace officers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. The heading to Article 2.126, Code of Criminal | |
| 11 | 11 | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 2.126. PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY THE | |
| 13 | 13 | ALABAMA-COUSHATTA AND KICKAPOO INDIAN TRIBES [TRIBE]. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Article 2.126(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 15 | 15 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (a) The tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian | |
| 17 | 17 | Tribe or the tribal council of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe is | |
| 18 | 18 | authorized to employ and commission peace officers for the purpose | |
| 19 | 19 | of enforcing state law within the boundaries of the tribe's | |
| 20 | 20 | reservation. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |