| 1 | 1 | | 88R19702 JCG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harless H.B. No. 884 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 884: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Holland C.S.H.B. No. 884 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol |
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| 10 | 10 | | agents. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c-1) In addition to the power granted under Subsection (c), |
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| 15 | 15 | | a Border Patrol Agent of the United States Customs and Border |
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| 16 | 16 | | Protection has the powers of arrest and search and seizure as to any |
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| 17 | 17 | | felony offense under the laws of this state, or any criminal offense |
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| 18 | 18 | | under federal law, committed within the boundaries of a county: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border or the Gulf of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Mexico; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1); |
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| 22 | 22 | | or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) served by an attorney representing the state whose |
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| 24 | 24 | | jurisdiction includes a county described by Subdivision (1) or (2). |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 26 | 26 | | of this Act, the office of the attorney general shall give written |
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| 27 | 27 | | notice to the commanding authority of each United States border |
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| 28 | 28 | | patrol sector in this state regarding the authority granted to |
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| 29 | 29 | | border patrol agents by this Act and the counties in that sector in |
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| 30 | 30 | | which this authority may be exercised. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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