Bill Text: TX SB2000 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain parochial schools in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-28 - No action taken in committee [SB2000 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2000-Introduced.html
| 88R16238 AMF-D | ||
| By: Whitmire | S.B. No. 2000 | |
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| relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain | ||
| parochial schools in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 37.0818 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 37.0818. PAROCHIAL SCHOOL PEACE OFFICERS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "parochial school" means a private school that is operated | ||
| by a religious organization and provides students with religious | ||
| instruction as part of the school's curriculum. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a parochial school that is: | ||
| (1) located in a county with a population of 3.3 | ||
| million or more; and | ||
| (2) operated by a religious organization with at least | ||
| 50,000 members. | ||
| (c) The governing body of a parochial school to which this | ||
| section applies may commission peace officers to enforce state and | ||
| local law on a campus of the school. | ||
| (d) The duties of a peace officer commissioned by a | ||
| parochial school under this section shall include protecting: | ||
| (1) the safety and welfare of any person in the | ||
| jurisdiction of the officer; and | ||
| (2) the property of the school. | ||
| (e) A peace officer commissioned by a parochial school under | ||
| this section must meet all minimum standards for peace officers | ||
| established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. | ||
| 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, officers, and members of the reserve | ||
| officer corps 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 or | ||
| 37.0818, 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) officers commissioned under Chapter 23, | ||
| Transportation Code; | ||
| (12) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and | ||
| security officers; | ||
| (13) security officers and investigators commissioned | ||
| as peace officers by the comptroller; | ||
| (14) officers commissioned by a water control and | ||
| improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code; | ||
| (15) officers commissioned by a board of trustees | ||
| under Chapter 54, Transportation Code; | ||
| (16) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical | ||
| Board; | ||
| (17) 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; | ||
| (C) the board of directors of the Midland County | ||
| Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121, | ||
| Special District Local Laws Code; and | ||
| (D) the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock | ||
| County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section | ||
| 1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code; | ||
| (18) county park rangers commissioned under | ||
| Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code; | ||
| (19) investigators employed by the Texas Racing | ||
| Commission; | ||
| (20) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, | ||
| Occupations Code; | ||
| (21) 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; | ||
| (22) investigators commissioned by the attorney | ||
| general under Section 402.009, Government Code; | ||
| (23) security officers and investigators commissioned | ||
| as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code; | ||
| (24) officers appointed by an appellate court under | ||
| Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code; | ||
| (25) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal | ||
| under Chapter 417, Government Code; | ||
| (26) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner | ||
| of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code; | ||
| (27) apprehension specialists and inspectors general | ||
| commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers | ||
| under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code; | ||
| (28) officers appointed by the inspector general of | ||
| the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, | ||
| Government Code; | ||
| (29) investigators commissioned by the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations | ||
| Code; | ||
| (30) commission investigators commissioned by the | ||
| Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061, Occupations | ||
| Code; | ||
| (31) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or | ||
| investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under | ||
| Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (32) officers commissioned by the State Board of | ||
| Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject | ||
| to the limitations imposed by that section; | ||
| (33) investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile | ||
| Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human | ||
| Resources Code; and | ||
| (34) 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 September 1, 2023. | ||
