Bill Text: TX SB1697 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to duties and restrictions regarding the special Texas Rangers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1697 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1697-Engrossed.html
By: Williams | S.B. No. 1697 |
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relating to duties and restrictions regarding the special Texas | ||
Rangers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 411.023, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A special ranger is subject to the orders of the | ||
commission and the governor for special duty to the same extent as | ||
other law enforcement officers provided for by this chapter, except | ||
that a special ranger may not enforce a law [ |
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use of a state highway by a motor vehicle. A special ranger is not | ||
connected with a ranger company or uniformed unit of the | ||
department. | ||
(g) The director may call special rangers into service to: | ||
(1) preserve the peace and protect life and property; | ||
(2) conduct background investigations; | ||
(3) monitor sex offenders; | ||
(4) serve as part of two-officer units on patrol in | ||
high threat areas; and | ||
(5) provide assistance to the department during | ||
disasters. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.024, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A special Texas Ranger is subject to the orders of the | ||
commission and the governor for special duty to the same extent as | ||
other law enforcement officers provided for by this chapter, except | ||
that a special Texas Ranger may not enforce a law [ |
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regulating the use of a state highway by a motor vehicle. A special | ||
Texas Ranger is not connected with a ranger company or uniformed | ||
unit of the department. | ||
(g) The director may call special Texas Rangers into service | ||
to: | ||
(1) preserve the peace and protect life and property; | ||
(2) conduct background investigations; | ||
(3) monitor sex offenders; | ||
(4) serve as part of two-officer units on patrol in | ||
high threat areas; and | ||
(5) provide assistance to the department during | ||
disasters. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |