80R4578 SLO-D | ||
By: Madden | H.B. No. 914 | |
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relating to the establishment of an office of inspector general at | |||
the Texas Youth Commission. | |||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |||
SECTION 1. Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |||
amended to read as follows: | |||
Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace | |||
officers: | |||
(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve | |||
deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under | |||
Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; | |||
(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve | |||
deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued | |||
under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code; | |||
(3) marshals or police officers of an incorporated | |||
city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers | |||
who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter | |||
1701, Occupations Code; | |||
(4) rangers and officers commissioned by the Public | |||
Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public | |||
Safety; | |||
(5) investigators of the district attorneys', criminal | |||
district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices; | |||
(6) law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic | |||
Beverage Commission; | |||
(7) each member of an arson investigating unit | |||
commissioned by a city, a county, or the state; | |||
(8) officers commissioned under Section 37.081, | |||
Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code; | |||
(9) officers commissioned by the General Services | |||
Commission; | |||
(10) law enforcement officers commissioned by the | |||
Parks and Wildlife Commission; | |||
(11) airport police officers commissioned by a city | |||
with a population of more than 1.18 million that operates an airport | |||
that serves commercial air carriers; | |||
(12) airport security personnel commissioned as peace | |||
officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this | |||
state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that | |||
operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers; | |||
(13) municipal park and recreational patrolmen and | |||
security officers; | |||
(14) security officers and investigators commissioned | |||
as peace officers by the comptroller; | |||
(15) officers commissioned by a water control and | |||
improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code; | |||
(16) officers commissioned by a board of trustees | |||
under Chapter 54, Transportation Code; | |||
(17) investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical | |||
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(18) officers commissioned by the board of managers of | |||
the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital | |||
District, or the Bexar County Hospital District under Section | |||
281.057, Health and Safety Code; | |||
(19) county park rangers commissioned under | |||
Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code; | |||
(20) investigators employed by the Texas Racing | |||
Commission; | |||
(21) officers commissioned under Chapter 554, | |||
Occupations Code; | |||
(22) officers commissioned by the governing body of a | |||
metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108, | |||
Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority | |||
under Section 452.110, Transportation Code; | |||
(23) investigators commissioned by the attorney | |||
general under Section 402.009, Government Code; | |||
(24) security officers and investigators commissioned | |||
as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code; | |||
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State Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety | |||
Code; | |||
(26) officers appointed by an appellate court under | |||
Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code; | |||
(27) officers commissioned by the state fire marshal | |||
under Chapter 417, Government Code; | |||
(28) an investigator commissioned by the commissioner | |||
of insurance under Section 701.104 [ |
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(29) apprehension specialists and inspectors general | |||
commissioned by the Texas Youth Commission as officers under | |||
Sections 61.0451 and [ |
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(30) officers appointed by the executive director of | |||
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, | |||
Government Code; | |||
(31) investigators commissioned by the Commission on | |||
Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section | |||
1701.160, Occupations Code; | |||
(32) commission investigators commissioned by the | |||
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1702.061(f), Occupations Code; | |||
(33) the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or | |||
investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under | |||
Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; and | |||
(34) officers commissioned by the State Board of | |||
Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject | |||
to the limitations imposed by that section. | |||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Human Resources Code, | |||
is amended by adding Section 61.0451 to read as follows: | |||
Sec. 61.0451. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. (a) The | |||
commission shall establish an office of inspector general for the | |||
purpose of investigating: | |||
(1) fraud committed by commission employees, | |||
including parole officers employed by or under a contract with the | |||
commission; and | |||
(2) crimes committed at a facility operated by the | |||
commission or at a residential facility operated by another entity | |||
under a contract with the commission. | |||
(b) The office of inspector general shall report the results | |||
of any investigation conducted under this section to the board. | |||
(c) The office of inspector general may employ and | |||
commission inspectors general as peace officers for the purpose of | |||
carrying out the duties described by this section. An inspector | |||
general shall have all of the powers and duties given to peace | |||
officers under Article 2.13, Code of Criminal Procedure. | |||
(d) Peace officers employed and commissioned under | |||
Subsection (c) must be certified by the Commission on Law | |||
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Chapter 1701, | |||
Occupations Code. | |||
(e) The board shall appoint a commissioned peace officer as | |||
chief inspector general. The chief inspector general: | |||
(1) is subject to the requirements of this section; | |||
and | |||
(2) shall report information regarding the operations | |||
of the office of inspector general to the board on request of the | |||
board. | |||
(f) The commission by rule shall establish policies and | |||
procedures for the operations of the office of inspector general. | |||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |||
of this Act, the Texas Youth Commission shall establish the office | |||
of inspector general as required by Section 61.0451, Human | |||
Resources Code, as added by this Act. | |||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |