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  80R4578 SLO-D
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 914
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 
[State] Board [of Medical Examiners];
             (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;
             (25)  an officer employed by the [Texas] Department of
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 [Article 1.10D], Insurance Code;
             (29)  apprehension specialists and inspectors general
commissioned by the Texas Youth Commission as officers under
Sections 61.0451 and [Section] 61.0931, Human Resources Code;
             (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
Texas [Commission on] Private Security Board under Section
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.