Bill Text: TX SB1571 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1571-Introduced.html
87R7424 EAS-D | ||
By: West | S.B. No. 1571 |
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relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to | ||
special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United | ||
States Department of Homeland Security. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The following named criminal investigators of the | ||
United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the | ||
powers of arrest, search, and seizure under the laws of this state | ||
as to felony offenses only: | ||
(1) Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of | ||
Investigation; | ||
(2) Special Agents of the Secret Service; | ||
(3) Special Agents of the United States Immigration | ||
and Customs Enforcement; | ||
(4) Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, | ||
Firearms and Explosives; | ||
(5) Special Agents of the United States Drug | ||
Enforcement Administration; | ||
(6) Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection | ||
Service; | ||
(7) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation | ||
Division of the Internal Revenue Service; | ||
(8) Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval | ||
Criminal Investigative Service; | ||
(9) Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States | ||
Marshals Service; | ||
(10) Special Agents of the United States Department of | ||
State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; | ||
(11) Special Agents of the Treasury Inspector General | ||
for Tax Administration; | ||
(12) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General | ||
of the United States Social Security Administration; | ||
(13) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General | ||
of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; | ||
(14) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General | ||
of the United States Department of Agriculture; [ |
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(15) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General | ||
of the United States Department of Homeland Security; and | ||
(16) a police officer with the Office of Security and | ||
Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans | ||
Affairs. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |