Bill Text: TX HB20 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 20 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the employment and licensing of border security officers employed by the Department of Public Safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-06-27 - Filed [HB20 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB20-Introduced.html



	By: Toth	H.B. No. 20



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the employment and licensing of border security
	officers employed by the Department of Public Safety.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.02091 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.02091. BORDER SECURITY OFFICERS. (a) The
	department may employ as a border security officer to assist
	department efforts along the Texas-Mexico border an individual who:
	(1) has served in the United States armed forces and
	received an honorable discharge; and
	(2) holds a border security officer license issued by
	the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
	(b) The department shall develop a training program for
	border security officers that complies with the requirements of
	Subchapter P, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code.
	(c) The department shall deploy border security officers to
	serve along the Texas-Mexico border for 60 continuous days out of a
	90-day period.
	SECTION 2. Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is amended by
	adding Subchapter P to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER P. BORDER SECURITY OFFICERS
	Sec. 1701.751. BORDER SECURITY OFFICER LICENSE. (a) The
	commission shall adopt rules establishing a border security officer
	license for border security officers of the Department of Public
	Safety.
	(b) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must provide for
	an application process for a border security officer license that
	is similar to the application process for a peace officer license.
	Sec. 1701.752. ELIGIBILITY. A border security officer
	license may be issued only to an individual who served in the United
	States armed forces and received an honorable discharge and
	satisfies the eligibility requirements established by commission
	rule.
	Sec. 1701.753. REQUIRED TRAINING. The commission, in
	consultation with the Department of Public Safety, shall establish
	training requirements for border security officers.
	Sec. 1701.754. AUTHORITY OF BORDER SECURITY OFFICER. (a)
	An individual who holds a border security officer license has the
	same authority as a peace officer except as otherwise provided by
	commission rule.
	(b) The commission, in consultation with the Department of
	Public Safety, shall adopt rules to implement this section.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.