Bill Text: TX HB1270 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Department of Agriculture to employ and commission peace officers as investigators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Left pending in committee [HB1270 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1270-Introduced.html
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By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 1270 |
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relating to the authority of the Department of Agriculture to | ||
employ and commission peace officers as investigators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 12.0131 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.0131. EMPLOYMENT OF PEACE OFFICERS. The department | ||
may employ and commission peace officers as investigators to assist | ||
the department in performing its duties. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace | ||
officers: | ||
(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve | ||
deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under | ||
Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; | ||
(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve | ||
deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued | ||
under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; | ||
(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated | ||
city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers | ||
who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter | ||
1701, Occupations Code; | ||
(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public | ||
Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public | ||
Safety; | ||
(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal | ||
district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices; | ||
(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Commission; | ||
(7) each member of an arson investigating unit | ||
commissioned by a city, a county, or the state; | ||
(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081, | ||
Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code; | ||
(9) officers commissioned by the General Services | ||
Commission; | ||
(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the | ||
Parks and Wildlife Commission; | ||
(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city | ||
with a population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a | ||
county with a population of 2 million or more that operates an | ||
airport that serves commercial air carriers; | ||
(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace | ||
officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this | ||
state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that | ||
operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers; | ||
(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and | ||
security officers; | ||
(14) security officers and investigators commissioned | ||
as peace officers by the comptroller; | ||
(15) officers commissioned by a water control and | ||
improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code; | ||
(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees | ||
under Chapter 54, Transportation Code; | ||
(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical | ||
Board; | ||
(18) officers commissioned by: | ||
(A) the board of managers of the Dallas County | ||
Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar | ||
County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District | ||
under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(B) the board of directors of the Ector County | ||
Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local | ||
Laws Code; and | ||
(C) the board of directors of the Midland County | ||
Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121, | ||
Special District Local Laws Code; | ||
(19) county park rangers commissioned under | ||
Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code; | ||
(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing | ||
Commission; | ||
(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, | ||
Occupations Code; | ||
(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a | ||
metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108, | ||
Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority | ||
under Section 452.110, Transportation Code; | ||
(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney | ||
general under Section 402.009, Government Code; | ||
(24) security officers and investigators commissioned | ||
as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code; | ||
(25) an officer employed by the Department of State | ||
Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under | ||
Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code; | ||
(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal | ||
under Chapter 417, Government Code; | ||
(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner | ||
of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code; | ||
(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general | ||
commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers | ||
under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code; | ||
(30) officers appointed by the inspector general of | ||
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, | ||
Government Code; | ||
(31) investigators commissioned by the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations | ||
Code; | ||
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or investigators commissioned by an emergency services district | ||
under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; | ||
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of Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, | ||
subject to the limitations imposed by that section; | ||
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Juvenile Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, | ||
Human Resources Code; [ |
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inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under | ||
Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code; and | ||
(36) investigators commissioned by the Department of | ||
Agriculture under Section 12.0131, Agriculture Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |