| 1 | 1 | | 89R383 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 605 |
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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 authority of the Harris County Hospital District to |
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| 10 | 10 | | employ and commission peace officers. |
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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. Section 281.057(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The board of the Dallas County Hospital District, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar County Hospital |
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| 16 | 16 | | District, [or] the El Paso County Hospital District, or the Harris |
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| 17 | 17 | | County Hospital District may employ and commission peace officers |
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| 18 | 18 | | for the district. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 20 | 20 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Art. 2A.001. PEACE OFFICERS GENERALLY. The following are |
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| 22 | 22 | | peace officers: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) a sheriff, a sheriff's deputy, or a reserve deputy |
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| 24 | 24 | | sheriff who holds a permanent peace officer license issued under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) a constable, a deputy constable, or a reserve |
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| 27 | 27 | | deputy constable who holds a permanent peace officer license issued |
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| 28 | 28 | | under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) a marshal or police officer of a municipality or a |
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| 30 | 30 | | reserve municipal police officer who holds a permanent peace |
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| 31 | 31 | | officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) a ranger, officer, or member of the reserve |
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| 33 | 33 | | officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the |
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| 34 | 34 | | director of the Department of Public Safety; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (5) an investigator of a district attorney's, criminal |
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| 36 | 36 | | district attorney's, or county attorney's office; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (6) a law enforcement agent of the Texas Alcoholic |
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| 38 | 38 | | Beverage Commission; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (7) a member of an arson investigating unit |
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| 40 | 40 | | commissioned by a municipality, a county, or the state; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (8) an officer commissioned under Section 37.081, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (9) an officer commissioned by the Texas Facilities |
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| 44 | 44 | | Commission; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (10) a law enforcement officer commissioned by the |
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| 46 | 46 | | Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (11) an officer commissioned under Chapter 23, |
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| 48 | 48 | | Transportation Code; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (12) a municipal park and recreational patrol officer |
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| 50 | 50 | | or security officer; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (13) a security officer or investigator commissioned |
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| 52 | 52 | | as a peace officer by the comptroller; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (14) an officer commissioned by a water control and |
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| 54 | 54 | | improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code; |
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| 55 | 55 | | (15) an officer commissioned by a board of trustees |
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| 56 | 56 | | under Chapter 54, Transportation Code; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (16) an investigator commissioned by the Texas Medical |
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| 58 | 58 | | Board; |
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| 59 | 59 | | (17) an officer commissioned by: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (A) the board of managers of the Dallas County |
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| 61 | 61 | | Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar |
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| 62 | 62 | | County Hospital District, [or] the El Paso County Hospital |
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| 63 | 63 | | District, or the Harris County Hospital District under Section |
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| 64 | 64 | | 281.057, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 65 | 65 | | (B) the board of directors of the Ector County |
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| 66 | 66 | | Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local |
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| 67 | 67 | | Laws Code; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (C) the board of directors of the Midland County |
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| 69 | 69 | | Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121, |
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| 70 | 70 | | Special District Local Laws Code; or |
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| 71 | 71 | | (D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock |
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| 72 | 72 | | County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code; |
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| 74 | 74 | | (18) a county park ranger commissioned under |
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| 75 | 75 | | Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code; |
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| 76 | 76 | | (19) an investigator employed by the Texas Racing |
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| 77 | 77 | | Commission; |
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| 78 | 78 | | (20) an officer commissioned under Chapter 554, |
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| 79 | 79 | | Occupations Code; |
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| 80 | 80 | | (21) an officer commissioned by the governing body of |
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| 81 | 81 | | a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108, |
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| 82 | 82 | | Transportation Code, or a regional transportation authority under |
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| 83 | 83 | | Section 452.110, Transportation Code; |
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| 84 | 84 | | (22) an investigator commissioned by the attorney |
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| 85 | 85 | | general under Section 402.009, Government Code; |
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| 86 | 86 | | (23) a security officer or investigator commissioned |
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| 87 | 87 | | as a peace officer under Chapter 466, Government Code; |
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| 88 | 88 | | (24) an officer appointed by an appellate court under |
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| 89 | 89 | | Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code; |
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| 90 | 90 | | (25) an officer commissioned by the state fire marshal |
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| 91 | 91 | | under Chapter 417, Government Code; |
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| 92 | 92 | | (26) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner |
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| 93 | 93 | | of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code; |
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| 94 | 94 | | (27) an apprehension specialist or inspector general |
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| 95 | 95 | | commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as an officer |
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| 96 | 96 | | under Section 242.102 or 243.052, Human Resources Code; |
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| 97 | 97 | | (28) an officer appointed by the inspector general of |
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| 98 | 98 | | the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, |
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| 99 | 99 | | Government Code; |
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| 100 | 100 | | (29) an investigator commissioned by the Texas |
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| 101 | 101 | | Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations |
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| 102 | 102 | | Code; |
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| 103 | 103 | | (30) a fire marshal or any related officer, inspector, |
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| 104 | 104 | | or investigator commissioned by a county under Subchapter B, |
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| 105 | 105 | | Chapter 352, Local Government Code; |
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| 106 | 106 | | (31) a fire marshal or any officer, inspector, or |
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| 107 | 107 | | investigator commissioned by an emergency services district under |
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| 108 | 108 | | Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 109 | 109 | | (32) an officer commissioned by the State Board of |
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| 110 | 110 | | Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject |
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| 111 | 111 | | to the limitations imposed by that section; and |
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| 112 | 112 | | (33) an investigator commissioned by the Texas |
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| 113 | 113 | | Juvenile Justice Department as an officer under Section 221.011, |
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| 114 | 114 | | Human Resources Code. |
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| 115 | 115 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 116 | 116 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 117 | 117 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 118 | 118 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 119 | 119 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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