Bill Text: TX SB284 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to police officers with the Office of Security and Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB284-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 284 | ||
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| relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to | ||
| police officers with the Office of Security and Law Enforcement of | ||
| the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 2.122, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, as amended by Chapters 1223 (S.B. 530) and 1319 (S.B. | ||
| 150), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is | ||
| reenacted and 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; [ |
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| (12) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General | ||
| of the United States Social Security Administration; | ||
| (13) [ |
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| General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; and | ||
| (14) a police officer with the Office of Security and | ||
| Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans | ||
| Affairs. | ||
| SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
| over another Act of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, | ||
| relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
| codes. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 284 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 284 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 4, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
