H.B. No. 479




AN ACT

relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of campus peace officers 
commissioned by The University of Texas at Austin and law 
enforcement agencies of the state and political subdivisions of the 
state.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 67, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 67.03 to read as follows:
	Sec. 67.03.  CAMPUS PEACE OFFICERS: CONCURRENT 
JURISDICTION.  (a)  Campus peace officers commissioned by the 
university have the same jurisdiction, powers, privileges, and 
immunities as provided by Section 51.203.
	(b)  Subsection (a) does not in any manner limit or reduce 
the jurisdiction, powers, privileges, and immunities provided by 
law for a law enforcement agency of the state or a political 
subdivision of the state, including the City of Austin police 
department, with territorial jurisdiction that includes all or part 
of the university campus.  The law enforcement agency retains the 
autonomous authority to deploy agency personnel on university 
property and in university facilities in any manner consistent with 
the jurisdiction, powers, privileges, and immunities of the agency.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 479 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 479 was passed by the Senate on May 
20, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor