1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the application of statutes that classify political
 1-3     subdivisions according to population.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

3-20           SECTION 8. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
3-21     amended by Chapters 90, 322, 882, and 974, Acts of the 76th
3-22     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
3-23           Art. 2.12.  WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS.  The following are peace
3-24     officers:
3-25                 (1)  sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
3-26     deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
3-27     Chapter 1701 415, Occupations Government Code;
 4-1                 (2)  constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
 4-2     deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
 4-3     under Chapter 1701 415, Occupations Government Code;
 4-4                 (3)  marshals or police officers of an incorporated
 4-5     city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
 4-6     who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
 4-7     1701 415, Occupations Government Code;
 4-8                 (4)  rangers and officers commissioned by the Public
 4-9     Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public
4-10     Safety;
4-11                 (5)  investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
4-12     district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
4-13                 (6)  law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
4-14     Beverage Commission;
4-15                 (7)  each member of an arson investigating unit
4-16     commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
4-17                 (8)  officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
4-18     Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
4-19                 (9)  officers commissioned by the General Services
4-20     Commission;
4-21                 (10)  law enforcement officers commissioned by the
4-22     Parks and Wildlife Commission;
4-23                 (11)  airport police officers commissioned by a city
4-24     with a population of more than 1.18 one million, according to
4-25     the most recent federal census, that operates an airport that
4-26     serves commercial air carriers;
4-27                 (12)  airport security personnel commissioned as peace
 5-1     officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
 5-2     state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
 5-3     operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
 5-4                 (13)  municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
 5-5     security officers;
 5-6                 (14)  security officers commissioned as peace officers
 5-7     by the comptroller;
 5-8                 (15)  officers commissioned by a water control and
 5-9     improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
5-10                 (16)  officers commissioned by a board of trustees
5-11     under Chapter 54 341, Transportation Code Acts of the 57th
5-12     Legislature, Regular Session, 1961 (Article 1187f, Vernon's Texas
5-13     Civil Statutes);
5-14                 (17)  investigators commissioned by the Texas State
5-15     Board of Medical Examiners;
5-16                 (18)  officers commissioned by the board of managers of
5-17     the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital
5-18     District, or the Bexar County Hospital District under Section
5-19     281.057, Health and Safety Code;
5-20                 (19)  county park rangers commissioned under Subchapter
5-21     E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
5-22                 (20)  investigators employed by the Texas Racing
5-23     Commission;
5-24                 (21)  officers commissioned by the State Board of
5-25     Pharmacy;
5-26                 (22)  officers commissioned by the governing body of a
5-27     metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
 6-1     Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
 6-2     under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
 6-3                 (23)  investigators commissioned by the attorney
 6-4     general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
 6-5                 (24)  security officers and investigators commissioned
 6-6     as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
 6-7                 (25)  an officer employed by the Texas Department of
 6-8     Health under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;
 6-9                 (26)  officers appointed by an appellate court under
6-10     Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
6-11                 (27)  officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
6-12     under Chapter 417, Government Code;
6-13                 (28)  an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
6-14     of insurance under Article 1.10D, Insurance Code;
6-15                 (29)  apprehension specialists commissioned by the
6-16     Texas Youth Commission as officers under Section 61.0931, Human
6-17     Resources Code; and
6-18                 (30)  officers appointed by the executive director of
6-19     the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
6-20     Government Code;.
6-21                 (31) (30)  investigators commissioned by the
6-22     Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under
6-23     Section 415.016, Government Code; and.
6-24                 (32) (30)  board investigators commissioned by the
6-25     Texas Commission on Private Security under Section 10(f), Private
6-26     Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act (Article
6-27     4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).

 85-3          SECTION 173. (a) This Act is not intended to revive a law
 85-4    that was impliedly repealed by a law enacted by the 76th
 85-5    Legislature or a previous legislature.
 85-6          (b)  To the extent that a law enacted by the 77th
 85-7    Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, conflicts with this Act, the
 85-8    other law prevails, regardless of the relative dates of enactment
 85-9    or the relative effective dates.
85-10          SECTION 174. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2810 was passed by the House on May
         1, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2810 on May 25, 2001, by a non-record
         vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2810 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 16, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
                    __________________________
                            Governor