By: Tinderholt (Senate Sponsor - Fallon) H.B. No. 1789
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 6, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities to
enter into an agreement to create a mutual aid law enforcement task
force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 362.002(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A county, municipality, or joint airport may, by
resolution or order of its governing body, enter into an agreement
with a [neighboring] municipality, joint airport, or [contiguous]
county to form a mutual aid law enforcement task force to cooperate
in criminal investigations and law enforcement. Peace officers
employed by counties, municipalities, or joint airports covered by
the agreement have only the additional investigative authority
throughout the region as set forth in the agreement. The agreement
must provide for the compensation of peace officers involved in the
activities of the task force.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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