Bill Text: TX HB1546 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe to commission peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Received from the House [HB1546 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1546-Introduced.html

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86R8993 JSC-F
By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1546

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe to
commission peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Article 2.126, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 2.126. PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY THE
ALABAMA-COUSHATTA AND KICKAPOO INDIAN TRIBES [TRIBE].
SECTION 2. Article 2.126(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Tribe or the tribal council of the Kickapoo Indian Tribe is
authorized to employ and commission peace officers for the purpose
of enforcing state law within the boundaries of the tribe's
reservation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.