Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 3452
	1	+	By: White (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 3452
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	4	+	Justice; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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3	8
	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
6	12		certain federal special agents.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
9	15		amended to read as follows:
10	16		(a) The following named criminal investigators of the
11	17		United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the
12	18		powers of arrest, search, and seizure under the laws of this state
13	19		as to felony offenses only:
14	20		(1) Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of
15	21		Investigation;
16	22		(2) Special Agents of the Secret Service;
17	23		(3) Special Agents of the United States Immigration
18	24		and Customs Enforcement;
19	25		(4) Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
20	26		Firearms and Explosives;
21	27		(5) Special Agents of the United States Drug
22	28		Enforcement Administration;
23	29		(6) Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection
24	30		Service;
25	31		(7) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
26	32		Division of the Internal Revenue Service;
27	33		(8) Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval
28	34		Criminal Investigative Service;
29	35		(9) Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States
30	36		Marshals Service;
31	37		(10) Special Agents of the United States Department of
32	38		State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
33	39		(11) Special Agents of the Treasury Inspector General
34	40		for Tax Administration;
35	41		(12) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
36	42		of the United States Social Security Administration;
37	43		(13) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
38	44		of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
39	45		(14) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
40	46		of the United States Department of Agriculture; [and]
41	47		(15) Special Agents of the Office of Export
42	48		Enforcement of the United States Department of Commerce;
43	49		(16) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
44		-	Command of the United States Army;
45		-	(17) Special Agents of the Office of Special
46		-	Investigations of the United States Air Force; and
47		-	(18) a police officer with the Office of Security and
	50	+	Command of the United States Army; and
	51	+	(17) a police officer with the Office of Security and
48	52		Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans
49	53		Affairs.
50	54		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
51	55		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
52	56		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
53	57		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
54	58		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
55		-	______________________________ ______________________________
56		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
57		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3452 was passed by the House on April
58		-	30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 25, 2 present, not
59		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
60		-	No. 3452 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 15,
61		-	1 present, not voting.
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Chief Clerk of the House
64		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3452 was passed by the Senate, with
65		-	amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
66		-	0.
67		-	______________________________
68		-	Secretary of the Senate
69		-	APPROVED: __________________
70		-	Date
71		-	__________________
72		-	Governor
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