By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 4906
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the installation and use of tracking equipment and
access to certain communications by certain peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 18B.001(1), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Authorized peace officer" means:
(A) a sheriff or deputy sheriff;
(B) a constable or deputy constable;
(C) a marshal or police officer of a
municipality;
(D) a ranger or officer commissioned by the
Public Safety Commission or the director of the department;
(E) an investigator of a prosecutor's office;
(F) a law enforcement agent of the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
(G) a law enforcement officer commissioned by the
Parks and Wildlife Commission;
(H) an enforcement officer appointed by the
inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under
Section 493.019, Government Code;
(I) an investigator commissioned by the attorney
general under Section 402.009, Government Code; [or]
(J) a member of an arson investigating unit
commissioned by a municipality, a county, or the state; or
(K) a peace officer commissioned under Section
37.081 or 51.203, Education Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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