By: Flores S.B. No. 2143
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 29, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 29, 2019,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2143 By: Whitmire
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
Texas to commission peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Article 2.126, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 2.126. PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY THE
ALABAMA-COUSHATTA [INDIAN] TRIBE OF TEXAS AND THE KICKAPOO
TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS.
SECTION 2. Article 2.126(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta [Indian]
Tribe of Texas or the tribal council of the Kickapoo Traditional
Tribe of Texas is authorized to employ and commission peace
officers for the purpose of enforcing state law within the
boundaries of the tribe's reservation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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