Bill Text: TX HB3815 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Ector County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3815 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3815-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3815 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the Ector County Hospital District to | ||
| employ and commission peace officers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1024, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1024.117 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 1024.117. EMPLOYMENT OF DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS. (a) | ||
| The board may employ and commission peace officers for the | ||
| district. | ||
| (b) The jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under | ||
| this section includes the property owned or controlled by the | ||
| district. | ||
| (c) In a district peace officer's jurisdiction, the peace | ||
| officer has the authority granted by Chapter 14, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure. | ||
| 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 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, or the | ||
| Bexar County Hospital District under Section 281.057, Health and | ||
| Safety Code; and | ||
| (B) the board of directors of the Ector County | ||
| Hospital District under Section 1024.117, 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 Youth Commission as officers under | ||
| Sections 61.0451 and 61.0931, 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 Commission on | ||
| Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section | ||
| 1701.160, Occupations Code; | ||
| (32) commission investigators commissioned by the | ||
| Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061(f), | ||
| Occupations Code; | ||
| (33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or | ||
| investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under | ||
| Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (34) officers commissioned by the State Board of | ||
| Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject | ||
| to the limitations imposed by that section; | ||
| (35) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile | ||
| Probation Commission as officers under Section 141.055, Human | ||
| Resources Code; and | ||
| (36) the fire marshal and any related officers, | ||
| inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under | ||
| Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3815 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3815 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
