86R12944 JRR-F
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 2877
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain persons who are special investigators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.122(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An officer or agent [A person] designated by the
Secretary of Homeland Security [as a special policeman by the
Federal Protective Services division of the General Services
Administration] under 40 U.S.C. Section 1315 for duty in connection
with the protection of property owned or occupied by the federal
government and persons on the property [318 or 318d] is not a peace
officer but has the powers of arrest and search and seizure as to
any offense under the laws of this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.