Bill Text: TX HB5417 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the commissioning by the General Land Office of certain Alamo complex rangers as peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB5417 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5417-Introduced.html

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By: Allison H.B. No. 5417

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the commissioning by the General Land Office of certain
Alamo complex rangers as peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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,
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; and
(35) Alamo complex rangers commissioned by the General
Land Office under Section 31.0515, Natural Resources Code, subject
to the limitations imposed by that section.
SECTION 2. Section 31.0515, Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.0515. DUTIES RELATED TO THE ALAMO COMPLEX. (a) The
land office shall:
(1) employ staff necessary to preserve and maintain
the Alamo complex and contract for professional services of
qualified consultants; [and]
(2) commission as a peace officer an Alamo complex
ranger who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by
the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and
(3) prepare an annual budget and work plan, including
preservation, future construction, and usual maintenance for the
Alamo complex, including buildings on the Alamo property, their
contents, and their grounds.
(b) An Alamo complex ranger commissioned as a peace officer
under this section has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a
peace officer while carrying out duties as an Alamo complex ranger
under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.