Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1550
	1	+	By: Nelson S.B. No. 1550
	2	+	(Goldman)
2	3
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to airport police forces, including the authority to
6	8		commission peace officers and the rights, privileges, and duties of
7	9		those officers.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
10	12		amended to read as follows:
11	13		Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace
12	14		officers:
13	15		(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
14	16		deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
15	17		Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
16	18		(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
17	19		deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
18	20		under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
19	21		(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated
20	22		city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
21	23		who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
22	24		1701, Occupations Code;
23	25		(4) rangers, officers, and members of the reserve
24	26		officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the
25	27		Director of the Department of Public Safety;
26	28		(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
27	29		district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
28	30		(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
29	31		Beverage Commission;
30	32		(7) each member of an arson investigating unit
31	33		commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
32	34		(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
33	35		Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
34	36		(9) officers commissioned by the General Services
35	37		Commission;
36	38		(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the
37	39		Parks and Wildlife Commission;
38	40		(11) [airport police] officers commissioned under
39	41		Chapter 23, Transportation Code [by a city with a population of more
40	42		than 1.18 million located primarily in a county with a population of
41	43		2 million or more that operates an airport that serves commercial
42	44		air carriers];
43	45		(12) [airport security personnel commissioned as
44	46		peace officers by the governing body of any political subdivision
45	47		of this state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
46	48		operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
47	49		[(13)] municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
48	50		security officers;
49	51		(13) [(14)] security officers and investigators
50	52		commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller;
51	53		(14) [(15)] officers commissioned by a water control
52	54		and improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
53	55		(15) [(16)] officers commissioned by a board of
54	56		trustees under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
55	57		(16) [(17)] investigators commissioned by the Texas
56	58		Medical Board;
57	59		(17) [(18)] officers commissioned by:
58	60		(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County
59	61		Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar
60	62		County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District
61	63		under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
62	64		(B) the board of directors of the Ector County
63	65		Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local
64	66		Laws Code;
65	67		(C) the board of directors of the Midland County
66	68		Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121,
67	69		Special District Local Laws Code; and
68	70		(D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock
69	71		County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section
70	72		1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code;
71	73		(18) [(19)] county park rangers commissioned under
72	74		Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
73	75		(19) [(20)] investigators employed by the Texas
74	76		Racing Commission;
75	77		(20) [(21)] officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
76	78		Occupations Code;
77	79		(21) [(22)] officers commissioned by the governing
78	80		body of a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section
79	81		451.108, Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation
80	82		authority under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
81	83		(22) [(23)] investigators commissioned by the
82	84		attorney general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
83	85		(23) [(24)] security officers and investigators
84	86		commissioned as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
85	87		(24) [(25)] officers appointed by an appellate court
86	88		under Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
87	89		(25) [(26)] officers commissioned by the state fire
88	90		marshal under Chapter 417, Government Code;
89	91		(26) [(27)] an investigator commissioned by the
90	92		commissioner of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
91	93		(27) [(28)] apprehension specialists and inspectors
92	94		general commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as
93	95		officers under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
94	96		(28) [(29)] officers appointed by the inspector
95	97		general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section
96	98		493.019, Government Code;
97	99		(29) [(30)] investigators commissioned by the Texas
98	100		Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations
99	101		Code;
100	102		(30) [(31)] commission investigators commissioned by
101	103		the Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061,
102	104		Occupations Code;
103	105		(31) [(32)] the fire marshal and any officers,
104	106		inspectors, or investigators commissioned by an emergency services
105	107		district under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
106	108		(32) [(33)] officers commissioned by the State Board
107	109		of Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code,
108	110		subject to the limitations imposed by that section;
109	111		(33) [(34)] investigators commissioned by the Texas
110	112		Juvenile Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011,
111	113		Human Resources Code; and
112	114		(34) [(35)] the fire marshal and any related officers,
113	115		inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
114	116		Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code.
115	117		SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 23, Transportation Code,
116	118		is amended to read as follows:
117	119		CHAPTER 23. AIRPORT POLICE FORCES [SECURITY PERSONNEL]
118	120		SECTION 3. Section 23.001, Transportation Code, is amended
119	121		to read as follows:
120	122		Sec. 23.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF AIRPORT POLICE [SECURITY]
121	123		FORCE; COMMISSIONING OF PEACE OFFICERS. The governing body of a
122	124		joint board, as defined by Section 22.071, or the governing body of
123	125		a political subdivision that operates an airport served by an air
124	126		carrier certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration [Civil
125	127		Aeronautics Board] or the United States Department of
126	128		Transportation may:
127	129		(1) establish an airport police [security] force; and
128	130		(2) commission and employ a peace officer, subject to
129	131		Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, if the employee takes and files the
130	132		oath required of peace officers [employ airport security
131	133		personnel].
132	134		SECTION 4. Sections 23.002 and 23.003, Transportation Code,
133	135		are repealed.
134	136		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
135		-	______________________________ ______________________________
136		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
137		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1550 passed the Senate on
138		-	April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
139		-	______________________________
140		-	Secretary of the Senate
141		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1550 passed the House on
142		-	May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 3, two
143		-	present not voting.
144		-	______________________________
145		-	Chief Clerk of the House
146		-	Approved:
147		-	______________________________
148		-	Date
149		-	______________________________
150		-	Governor