Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	By: Allison H.B. No. 5417
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the commissioning by the General Land Office of certain
7	7	Alamo complex rangers as peace officers.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace
12	12	officers:
13	13	(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
14	14	deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
15	15	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
16	16	(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
17	17	deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
18	18	under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
19	19	(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated
20	20	city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
21	21	who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
22	22	1701, Occupations Code;
23	23	(4) rangers, officers, and members of the reserve
24	24	officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the
25	25	Director of the Department of Public Safety;
26	26	(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
27	27	district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
28	28	(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
29	29	Beverage Commission;
30	30	(7) each member of an arson investigating unit
31	31	commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
32	32	(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
33	33	Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
34	34	(9) officers commissioned by the General Services
35	35	Commission;
36	36	(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the
37	37	Parks and Wildlife Commission;
38	38	(11) officers commissioned under Chapter 23,
39	39	Transportation Code;
40	40	(12) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
41	41	security officers;
42	42	(13) security officers and investigators commissioned
43	43	as peace officers by the comptroller;
44	44	(14) officers commissioned by a water control and
45	45	improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
46	46	(15) officers commissioned by a board of trustees
47	47	under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
48	48	(16) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical
49	49	Board;
50	50	(17) officers commissioned by:
51	51	(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County
52	52	Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar
53	53	County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District
54	54	under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
55	55	(B) the board of directors of the Ector County
56	56	Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local
57	57	Laws Code;
58	58	(C) the board of directors of the Midland County
59	59	Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121,
60	60	Special District Local Laws Code; and
61	61	(D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock
62	62	County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section
63	63	1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code;
64	64	(18) county park rangers commissioned under
65	65	Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
66	66	(19) investigators employed by the Texas Racing
67	67	Commission;
68	68	(20) officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
69	69	Occupations Code;
70	70	(21) officers commissioned by the governing body of a
71	71	metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
72	72	Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
73	73	under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
74	74	(22) investigators commissioned by the attorney
75	75	general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
76	76	(23) security officers and investigators commissioned
77	77	as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
78	78	(24) officers appointed by an appellate court under
79	79	Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
80	80	(25) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
81	81	under Chapter 417, Government Code;
82	82	(26) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
83	83	of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
84	84	(27) apprehension specialists and inspectors general
85	85	commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers
86	86	under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
87	87	(28) officers appointed by the inspector general of
88	88	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
89	89	Government Code;
90	90	(29) investigators commissioned by the Texas
91	91	Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations
92	92	Code;
93	93	(30) commission investigators commissioned by the
94	94	Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061, Occupations
95	95	Code;
96	96	(31) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
97	97	investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
98	98	Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
99	99	(32) officers commissioned by the State Board of
100	100	Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
101	101	to the limitations imposed by that section;
102	102	(33) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
103	103	Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human
104	104	Resources Code; [and]
105	105	(34) the fire marshal and any related officers,
106	106	inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
107	107	Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code; and
108	108	(35) Alamo complex rangers commissioned by the General
109	109	Land Office under Section 31.0515, Natural Resources Code, subject
110	110	to the limitations imposed by that section.
111	111	SECTION 2. Section 31.0515, Natural Resources Code, is
112	112	amended to read as follows:
113	113	Sec. 31.0515. DUTIES RELATED TO THE ALAMO COMPLEX. (a) The
114	114	land office shall:
115	115	(1) employ staff necessary to preserve and maintain
116	116	the Alamo complex and contract for professional services of
117	117	qualified consultants; [and]
118	118	(2) commission as a peace officer an Alamo complex
119	119	ranger who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by
120	120	the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and
121	121	(3) prepare an annual budget and work plan, including
122	122	preservation, future construction, and usual maintenance for the
123	123	Alamo complex, including buildings on the Alamo property, their
124	124	contents, and their grounds.
125	125	(b) An Alamo complex ranger commissioned as a peace officer
126	126	under this section has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a
127	127	peace officer while carrying out duties as an Alamo complex ranger
128	128	under this section.
129	129	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.