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| 1 | - | By: Lujan, LaHood, Campos, Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 1866 | |
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| 1 | + | 89R6035 JCG-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Lujan, LaHood, Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 1866 | |
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| 6 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 7 | relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National | |
| 9 | 8 | Park Service law enforcement officers. | |
| 10 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 11 | amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to | |
| 13 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 13 | (d) A commissioned law enforcement officer of the National | |
| 15 | 14 | Park Service is not a peace officer under the laws of this state but | |
| 16 | 15 | has: | |
| 17 | 16 | (1) the powers of arrest, search, and seizure as to any | |
| 18 | 17 | offense under the laws of this state committed in a national park or | |
| 19 | - | national recreation area; and | |
| 20 | - | (2) within the boundaries of a national park or | |
| 21 | - | national recreation area: | |
| 22 | - | (A) the power to execute any arrest warrant or | |
| 23 | - | search warrant issued under the laws of this state; and | |
| 24 | - | (B) the powers granted to a peace officer by | |
| 25 | - | Chapters 573 and 574, Health and Safety Code. | |
| 18 | + | national recreation area; | |
| 19 | + | (2) the power to execute any arrest warrant or search | |
| 20 | + | warrant issued under the laws of this state; and | |
| 21 | + | (3) the powers granted to a peace officer by Chapters | |
| 22 | + | 573 and 574, Health and Safety Code. | |
| 26 | 23 | (d-1) For purposes of Subsection (d) [In this subsection], | |
| 27 | 24 | "national park or national recreation area" means a national park | |
| 28 | 25 | or national recreation area included in the National Park System as | |
| 29 | 26 | defined by 54 U.S.C. Section 100102. | |
| 30 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 31 | 28 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 32 | 29 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 33 | 30 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 34 | 31 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |