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1	1	By: Hopper H.B. No. 1982
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to limitations on federal authority and federal agents in
9	9	this state, including the licensure of federal agents and special
10	10	procedures for executing federal warrants; creating a criminal
11	11	offense.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	ARTICLE 1. LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL AGENTS
14	14	SECTION 1.01. Title 7, Government Code, is amended by
15	15	adding Chapter 741 to read as follows:
16	16	CHAPTER 741. LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL AGENTS
17	17	IN THIS STATE
18	18	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
19	19	Sec. 741.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
20	20	(1) "federal agent" means an elected or appointed
21	21	federal officer or any employee of a federal agency, including a
22	22	federal law enforcement officer.
23	23	(2) "Criminal prosecutions division" means the
24	24	criminal prosecutions division of the attorney general's office.
25	25	Sec. 741.002. CONFLICT OF LAWS. To the extent this chapter
26	26	conflicts with another law, this chapter prevails.
27	27	SUBCHAPTER B. PEACE OFFICER LICENSING
28	28	Sec. 741.051. LICENSURE OF FEDERAL AGENT AS PEACE OFFICER
29	29	PROHIBITED. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement may not issue a
30	30	peace officer license to a federal agent.
31	31	Sec. 741.052. REVOCATION OF PEACE OFFICER LICENSE IF PERSON
32	32	IS FEDERAL AGENT. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall
33	33	revoke under the procedures provided by Subchapter K, Chapter 1701,
34	34	Occupations Code, the peace officer license of a person who is a
35	35	federal agent.
36	36	SUBCHAPTER C. SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR FEDERAL WARRANTS
37	37	Sec. 741.101. ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW OF FEDERAL WARRANT.
38	38	(a) A search or arrest warrant issued by a federal court,
39	39	including the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
40	40	Court, against a United States citizen domiciled in Texas, may not
41	41	be executed in this state unless:
42	42	(1) the warrant is reviewed and approved by criminal
43	43	prosecutions division of the attorney general's office; and
44	44	(2) the appropriate sheriff for the county where the
45	45	warrant is to be executed;
46	46	(3) subject to Section 741.103, the appropriate
47	47	sheriff may at their discretion execute the warrant on behalf of the
48	48	federal government.
49	49	(b) A federal agent may apply to the attorney general for
50	50	review of a warrant described by Subsection (a). The application
51	51	must include:
52	52	(1) all of the evidence that forms the basis for the
53	53	finding of probable cause underlying the warrant, regardless of
54	54	which court or grand jury the evidence was presented to; and
55	55	(2) any rulings, findings of fact, or conclusions of
56	56	law the court made in issuing the warrant.
57	57	(c) In the discretion of the attorney general, the attorney
58	58	general may approve or disapprove the execution of the warrant in
59	59	this state.
60	60	Sec. 741.102. APPROVED WARRANT PROVIDED TO APPROPRIATE
61	61	SHERIFF. On approving a warrant under Section 741.101, the
62	62	attorney general shall provide a certified copy of the warrant to
63	63	the appropriate sheriff with jurisdiction of the county in which
64	64	the warrant is to be executed.
65	65	Sec. 741.103. SHERIFF MAY REFUSE OR EXECUTE WARRANT. (a)
66	66	On receipt of a warrant under Section 741.102, the sheriff may:
67	67	(1) execute the warrant;
68	68	(2) grant authority for federal law enforcement to
69	69	execute the warrant; or
70	70	(3) refuse to execute the warrant.
71	71	(b) If the sheriff executes a warrant described by Section
72	72	741.102, a federal agent may only be present when the warrant is
73	73	executed with approval of the sheriff for the county in which the
74	74	warrant is to be executed.
75	75	SUBCHAPTER D. HEARING REQUIRED FOR SURRENDER OF TEXAS CITIZEN TO
76	76	FEDERAL CUSTODY
77	77	Sec. 741.151. (a) In this section, "correctional facility"
78	78	has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
79	79	(b) A citizen of this state confined in any correctional
80	80	facility in this state is entitled to a hearing before the citizen
81	81	may be transferred into the custody of a federal agent or agency.
82	82	(c) The hearing must be held by a district court of this
83	83	state.
84	84	SUBCHAPTER E. LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL AUTHORITY
85	85	Sec. 741.201. CERTAIN FEDERAL AUTHORITY NOT RECOGNIZED.
86	86	(a) A federal agent may not discharge the agent's official duties
87	87	on any property in this state, other than property for which the
88	88	United States has exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction and only to
89	89	the extent of that jurisdiction, unless the federal agent is
90	90	discharging official duties for which legal authority is
91	91	specifically enumerated in the United States Constitution, or is
92	92	acting pursuant to the request, or with the approval of, state or
93	93	local law enforcement.
94	94	(b) This state does not recognize the authority under
95	95	federal law for a federal agent to engage in conduct that violates
96	96	Subsection (a).
97	97	SECTION 1.02. Section 37.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to
98	98	read as follows:
99	99	(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
100	100	(1) impersonates a public servant with intent to
101	101	induce another to submit to the person's pretended official
102	102	authority or to rely on the person's pretended official acts; [or]
103	103	(2) knowingly purports to exercise, without legal
104	104	authority, any function of a public servant or of a public office,
105	105	including that of a judge and court; or
106	106	(3) knowingly engages in conduct that violates Section
107	107	741.201(a), Government Code.
108	108	SECTION 1.03. Art. 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
109	109	is amended to read as follows:
110	110	(a) The following criminal investigators of the United
111	111	States are not peace officers butand do not have the powers of
112	112	arrest, search, and seizure, for violations of law in this state not
113	113	expressly granted by statute, unless at the direction of state and
114	114	local law enforcement or as to felony offenses only:
115	115	ARTICLE 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
116	116	SECTION 2.01. Article 2A.052(b), Code of Criminal
117	117	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
118	118	(b) An establishment serving the public may not prohibit or
119	119	otherwise restrict a peace officer or federal special investigator
120	120	as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, from carrying on the
121	121	establishment's premises a weapon that the officer or investigator
122	122	is otherwise authorized to carry, regardless of whether the officer
123	123	or investigator is engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's
124	124	or investigator's duties while carrying the weapon.
125	125	SECTION 2.02. The heading to Article 38.141, Code of
126	126	Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
127	127	Art. 38.141. TESTIMONY OF UNDERCOVER PEACE OFFICER OR
128	128	SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.
129	129	SECTION 2.03. Articles 38.141(a) and (c), Code of Criminal
130	130	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
131	131	(a) A defendant may not be convicted of an offense under
132	132	Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, on the testimony of a person
133	133	who is not a licensed peace officer or a special investigator but
134	134	who is acting covertly on behalf of a law enforcement agency or
135	135	under the color of law enforcement unless the testimony is
136	136	corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant
137	137	with the offense committed.
138	138	(c) In this article, "peace officer" means a person listed
139	139	in Article 2A.001, and "special investigator" means a person listed
140	140	in Article 2A.002.
141	141	SECTION 2.04. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is
142	142	amended to read as follows:
143	143	(a) This section applies only to:
144	144	(1) current or honorably retired peace officers as
145	145	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or federal
146	146	special investigators as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code
147	147	described by Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure;
148	148	(2) current or honorably retired county jailers as
149	149	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
150	150	(3) current or former employees of the Texas
151	151	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
152	152	the department or any division of the department;
153	153	(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
154	154	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
155	155	(5) a current or former district attorney, criminal
156	156	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
157	157	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
158	158	matters;
159	159	(6) [(5-a)] a current or former employee of a district
160	160	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
161	161	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
162	162	protective services matters;
163	163	(7) [(6)] officers and employees of a community
164	164	supervision and corrections department established under Chapter
165	165	76 who perform a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
166	166	(8) (7) criminal investigators of the United States as
167	167	described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
168	168	(9) (8) current or honorably retired police officers
169	169	and inspectors of the United States Federal Protective Service;
170	170	(10) (9) current and former employees of the office of
171	171	the attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
172	172	office the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed
173	173	under Chapter 231, Family Code;
174	174	(11) (10) current or former juvenile probation and
175	175	detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
176	176	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
177	177	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
178	178	(12) (11) current or former employees of a juvenile
179	179	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
180	180	261.405, Family Code;
181	181	(13) (12) current or former employees of the Texas
182	182	Juvenile Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
183	183	department;
184	184	(14) (13) federal judges and state judges as defined
185	185	by Section 1.005, Election Code;
186	186	(15) (14) current or former employees of the Texas
187	187	Civil Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the
188	188	office or a division of the office;
189	189	(16) (15) a current or former member of the United
190	190	States Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps, an
191	191	auxiliary service of one of those branches of the armed forces, or
192	192	the Texas military forces, as that term is defined by Section
193	193	437.001;
194	194	(17) (16) a current or former child protective
195	195	services caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or
196	196	investigator for the Department of Family and Protective Services
197	197	or a current or former employee of a department contractor
198	198	performing child protective services caseworker, adult protective
199	199	services caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor
200	200	on behalf of the department;
201	201	(18) (17) an elected public officer;
202	202	(19) (18) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
203	203	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
204	204	Health and Safety Code; and
205	205	(20) (19) a current or former United States attorney,
206	206	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
207	207	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender.
208	208	SECTION 2.05. Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, is
209	209	amended to read as follows:
210	210	(a) A person is eligible to have the person's name on the
211	211	monument if the person was killed in the line of duty and was:
212	212	(1) a law enforcement officer or peace officer for
213	213	this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article
214	214	2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
215	215	(2) a federal law enforcement officer or special agent
216	216	performing duties in this state, including those officers under
217	217	Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure;
218	218	(3) a corrections or detention officer or county or
219	219	municipal jailer employed or appointed by a municipal, county, or
220	220	state penal institution in this state; or
221	221	(4) employed by this state or a political subdivision
222	222	of this state and considered by the person's employer to be a
223	223	trainee for a position described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
224	224	SECTION 2.06. Section 243.051(a), Human Resources Code, is
225	225	amended to read as follows:
226	226	(a) If a child who has been committed to the department and
227	227	placed by the department in any institution or facility has escaped
228	228	or has been released under supervision and broken the conditions of
229	229	release:
230	230	(1) a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, [special
231	231	investigator,] or peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest the
232	232	child; or
233	233	(2) a department employee designated by the executive
234	234	director may, without a warrant or other order, take the child into
235	235	the custody of the department.
236	236	SECTION 2.09. Section 86.0021(a), Local Government Code, is
237	237	amended to read as follows:
238	238	(a) A person is not eligible to serve as constable unless:
239	239	(1) the person is eligible to be licensed under
240	240	Sections 1701.309 and 1701.312, Occupations Code, and:
241	241	(A) has at least an associate's degree conferred
242	242	by an institution of higher education accredited by an accrediting
243	243	organization recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
244	244	Board; or
245	245	(B) [is a special investigator under Article
246	246	2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; or
247	247	[(C)] is an honorably retired peace officer or
248	248	honorably retired federal criminal investigator who holds a
249	249	certificate of proficiency issued under Section 1701.357,
250	250	Occupations Code; or
251	251	(2) the person is an active or inactive licensed peace
252	252	officer under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code.
253	253	SECTION 2.10. Section 1.07(a)(46-b), Penal Code, is amended
254	254	to read as follows:
255	255	(46-b) "Federal special investigator" means a person
256	256	described by Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure
257	257	SECTION 2.11. Section 20.01(8), Penal Code, is amended to
258	258	read as follows:
259	259	(8) "Federal special [Special] investigator" includes
260	260	an agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
261	261	SECTION 2.12. Section 20.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to
262	262	read as follows:
263	263	(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
264	264	(1) uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or
265	265	other means of conveyance to transport an individual with the
266	266	intent to:
267	267	(A) conceal the individual from a peace officer
268	268	or federal special investigator; or
269	269	(B) flee from a person the actor knows is a peace
270	270	officer or federal special investigator attempting to lawfully
271	271	arrest or detain the actor;
272	272	(2) encourages or induces a person to enter or remain
273	273	in this country in violation of federal law by concealing,
274	274	harboring, or shielding that person from detection; or
275	275	(3) assists, guides, or directs two or more
276	276	individuals to enter or remain on agricultural land without the
277	277	effective consent of the owner.
278	278	SECTION 2.13. Section 30.05(i), Penal Code, is amended to
279	279	read as follows:
280	280	(i) This section does not apply if:
281	281	(1) the basis on which entry on the property or land or
282	282	in the building was forbidden is that entry with a handgun or other
283	283	weapon was forbidden; and
284	284	(2) the actor at the time of the offense was a peace
285	285	officer, including a commissioned peace officer of a recognized
286	286	state, or a federal special investigator under Article 2A.002, Code
287	287	of Criminal Procedure, regardless of whether the peace officer or
288	288	federal special investigator was engaged in the actual discharge of
289	289	an official duty while carrying the weapon.
290	290	SECTION 2.14. Section 46.15(a), Penal Code, as amended by
291	291	Chapters 501 (H.B. 2291), 765 (H.B. 4504), and 1077 (S.B. 599), Acts
292	292	of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and
293	293	amended to read as follows:
294	294	(a) Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to:
295	295	(1) peace officers or federal special investigators
296	296	under Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, and neither
297	297	section prohibits a peace officer or federal special investigator
298	298	from carrying a weapon in this state, including in an establishment
299	299	in this state serving the public, regardless of whether the peace
300	300	officer or federal special investigator is engaged in the actual
301	301	discharge of the officer's or investigator's duties while carrying
302	302	the weapon;
303	303	(2) parole officers, and neither section prohibits an
304	304	officer from carrying a weapon in this state if the officer is:
305	305	(A) engaged in the actual discharge of the
306	306	officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
307	307	(B) in compliance with policies and procedures
308	308	adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the
309	309	possession of a weapon by an officer while on duty;
310	310	(3) community supervision and corrections department
311	311	officers appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government
312	312	Code, and neither section prohibits an officer from carrying a
313	313	weapon in this state if the officer is:
314	314	(A) engaged in the actual discharge of the
315	315	officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
316	316	(B) authorized to carry a weapon under Section
317	317	76.0051, Government Code;
318	318	(4) an active or retired judicial officer as defined
319	319	by Section 411.201, Government Code, who is licensed to carry a
320	320	handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
321	321	(5) an honorably retired peace officer or other
322	322	qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined by 18 U.S.C.
323	323	Section 926C, who holds a certificate of proficiency issued under
324	324	Section 1701.357, Occupations Code, and is carrying a photo
325	325	identification that is issued by a federal, state, or local law
326	326	enforcement agency, as applicable, and that verifies that the
327	327	officer is an honorably retired peace officer or other qualified
328	328	retired law enforcement officer;
329	329	(6) the attorney general or a United States attorney,
330	330	district attorney, criminal district attorney, county attorney, or
331	331	municipal attorney who is licensed to carry a handgun under
332	332	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
333	333	(7) an assistant United States attorney, assistant
334	334	attorney general, assistant district attorney, assistant criminal
335	335	district attorney, or assistant county attorney who is licensed to
336	336	carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
337	337	(8) a bailiff designated by an active judicial officer
338	338	as defined by Section 411.201, Government Code, who is:
339	339	(A) licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter
340	340	H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and
341	341	(B) engaged in escorting the judicial officer;
342	342	(9) a juvenile probation officer who is authorized to
343	343	carry a firearm under Section 142.006, Human Resources Code;
344	344	(10) a person who is volunteer emergency services
345	345	personnel if the person is:
346	346	(A) carrying a handgun under the authority of
347	347	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and
348	348	(B) engaged in providing emergency services;
349	349	[or]
350	350	(11) a person who:
351	351	(A) retired after serving as a judge or justice
352	352	described by Section 411.201(a)(1), Government Code; and
353	353	(B) is licensed to carry a handgun under
354	354	Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; or
355	355	(12) [(11)] a district or county clerk who is carrying
356	356	a handgun the clerk is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter
357	357	411, Government Code.
358	358	SECTION 2.15. Section 201.910(b), Transportation Code, is
359	359	amended to read as follows:
360	360	(b) As used in this section, "peace officer" means a person
361	361	who was:
362	362	(1) a law enforcement officer or peace officer for
363	363	this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article
364	364	2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law; or
365	365	(2) a federal law enforcement officer or special agent
366	366	performing duties in this state, including those officers under
367	367	Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure.
368	368	SECTION 2.16. Section 521.1211(a)(1), Transportation Code,
369	369	is amended to read as follows:
370	370	(1) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by
371	371	Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that the term
372	372	includes a federal special investigator as defined by Article
373	373	2A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure.
374	374	SECTION 2.17. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
375	375	Chapters 76 (S.B. 617), 152 (S.B. 870), 430 (H.B. 1911), 765 (H.B.
376	376	4504), and 937 (S.B. 1525), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
377	377	Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
378	378	(a) This section applies only to:
379	379	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
380	380	Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
381	381	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
382	382	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
383	383	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;
384	384	(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as
385	385	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
386	386	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
387	387	Justice;
388	388	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
389	389	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
390	390	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
391	391	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
392	392	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
393	393	Code, by providing:
394	394	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
395	395	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
396	396	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
397	397	or
398	398	(B) other independent documentary evidence
399	399	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
400	400	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
401	401	violence;
402	402	(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
403	403	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
404	404	is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
405	405	persons by providing:
406	406	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
407	407	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
408	408	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
409	409	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
410	410	(B) other independent documentary evidence
411	411	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
412	412	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
413	413	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
414	414	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
415	415	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
416	416	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
417	417	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
418	418	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
419	419	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
420	420	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
421	421	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
422	422	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
423	423	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
424	424	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
425	425	matters;
426	426	(11) a current or former employee of a district
427	427	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
428	428	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
429	429	protective services matters;
430	430	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
431	431	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
432	432	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
433	433	of that code;
434	434	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
435	435	described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
436	436	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
437	437	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
438	438	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
439	439	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
440	440	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
441	441	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
442	442	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
443	443	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
444	444	the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed under
445	445	Chapter 231, Family Code;
446	446	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
447	447	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
448	448	more political subdivisions of this state;
449	449	(18) a current or former member of the United States
450	450	armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
451	451	United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
452	452	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
453	453	States are or have engaged in combat;
454	454	(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
455	455	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
456	456	the department;
457	457	(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
458	458	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
459	459	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
460	460	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
461	461	(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
462	462	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
463	463	261.405, Family Code;
464	464	(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
465	465	Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
466	466	division of the office;
467	467	(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
468	468	state judge;
469	469	(24) a current or former child protective services
470	470	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
471	471	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
472	472	former employee of a department contractor performing child
473	473	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
474	474	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
475	475	of the department;
476	476	(25) an elected public officer;
477	477	(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
478	478	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
479	479	Health and Safety Code;
480	480	(27) a customs and border protection officer or border
481	481	patrol agent of United States Customs and Border Protection or the
482	482	spouse, surviving spouse, or adult child of a customs and border
483	483	protection officer or border patrol agent;
484	484	(28) [(27) a current or former attorney for the
485	485	Department of Family and Protective Services
486	486	[(27)] a current or former employee or contract staff
487	487	member of a university health care provider at a corrections
488	488	facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
489	489	the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and
490	490	(29) [(28)] a current or former attorney for the
491	491	Department of Family and Protective Services.
492	492	ARTICLE 3. REPEALER; TRANSITIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE
493	493	SECTION 3.01. The following provisions are repealed:
494	494	(1) Section 100.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
495	495	(2) Section 85.011, Local Government Code, Subsection
496	496	(3).
497	497	SECTION 3.02. Section 741.052, Government Code, as added by
498	498	this Act, applies to a person who holds a peace officer license and
499	499	is a federal agent on or after the effective date of this Act.
500	500	SECTION 3.03. To the extent of any conflict, this Act
501	501	prevails over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session,
502	502	2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
503	503	enacted codes.
504	504	SECTION 3.04. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.