Bill Text: TX SB1378 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to commission peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1378 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1378-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to commission peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1378 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1378-Introduced.html
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By: Nichols | S.B. No. 1378 |
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relating to the authority of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to | ||
commission peace officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 2.126 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 2.126. PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY THE | ||
ALABAMA-COUSHATTA INDIAN TRIBE. (a) The tribal council of the | ||
Alabama-Coushatta 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. | ||
(b) Within the boundaries of the tribe's reservation, a | ||
peace officer commissioned under this article: | ||
(1) is vested with all the powers, privileges, and | ||
immunities of peace officers; | ||
(2) may, in accordance with Chapter 14, arrest without | ||
a warrant any person who violates a law of the state; and | ||
(3) may enforce all traffic laws on streets and | ||
highways. | ||
(c) Outside the boundaries of the tribe's reservation, a | ||
peace officer commissioned under this article is vested with all | ||
the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers and may | ||
arrest any person who violates any law of the state if the peace | ||
officer: | ||
(1) is summoned by another law enforcement agency to | ||
provide assistance; or | ||
(2) is assisting another law enforcement agency. | ||
(d) Any officer assigned to duty and commissioned under this | ||
article shall take and file the oath required of peace officers, and | ||
shall execute and file a good and sufficient bond in the sum of | ||
$1,000, payable to the governor, with two or more good and | ||
sufficient sureties, conditioned that the officer will fairly, | ||
impartially, and faithfully perform the duties as may be required | ||
of the officer by law. The bond may be sued on from time to time in | ||
the name of the person injured until the whole amount is recovered. | ||
(e) Any person commissioned under this article must: | ||
(1) meet the minimum standards required of peace | ||
officers by the commission relating to competence, reliability, | ||
education, training, morality, and physical and mental health; and | ||
(2) meet all standards for certification as a peace | ||
officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and | ||
Education. | ||
(f) A peace officer commissioned under this article is not | ||
entitled to state benefits normally provided by the state to a peace | ||
officer. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |