Bill Text: TX SB602 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol agents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB602 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB602-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 602 |
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relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol | ||
agents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) In addition to the power granted under Subsection (c), | ||
a Border Patrol Agent of the United States Customs and Border | ||
Protection who completed the training program described by Section | ||
411.02093, Government Code, has the powers of arrest and search and | ||
seizure as to any felony offense under the laws of this state if the | ||
arrest, search, or seizure: | ||
(1) occurs on the premises of a port facility | ||
designated by the commissioner of the United States Customs and | ||
Border Protection as a port of entry or at a border patrol traffic | ||
checkpoint; and | ||
(2) is incident to a detainment under federal law. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.02093 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.02093. STATE CRIMINAL LAW TRAINING PROGRAM FOR | ||
BORDER PATROL AGENTS. (a) The department shall: | ||
(1) develop a training program for Border Patrol | ||
Agents of the United States Customs and Border Protection on the | ||
criminal laws of this state, including laws relating to arrest, | ||
search, and seizure; and | ||
(2) on request, provide the training program developed | ||
under Subdivision (1) to a Border Patrol Agent. | ||
(b) The department may enter into a written agreement with | ||
the United States Customs and Border Protection for purposes of | ||
providing the training program developed under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the office of the attorney general shall give written | ||
notice to the commanding authority of each United States border | ||
patrol sector in this state regarding the authority granted to | ||
border patrol agents by this Act and the circumstances under which | ||
this authority may be exercised. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 602 passed the Senate on | ||
April 5, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 602 passed the House on | ||
May 10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 43, three | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |