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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to |
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commissioned law enforcement officers of a Federal Reserve bank. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) A commissioned law enforcement officer of a Federal |
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Reserve bank is not a peace officer under the laws of this state but |
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has the powers of arrest, search, and seizure as to any felony or |
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misdemeanor offense committed under the laws of this state: |
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(1) when the offense is committed on the premises, |
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grounds, or property of a Federal Reserve bank or the Federal |
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Reserve System; or |
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(2) while the officer is protecting: |
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(A) the personnel of a Federal Reserve bank or of |
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the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including |
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members of the board; or |
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(B) operations conducted by or on behalf of a |
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Federal Reserve bank or the board of governors. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |