H.B. No. 3863

	AN ACT
	relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
	certain federal officers or agents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Articles 2.122(a) and (b), Code of Criminal
	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The following named criminal investigators of the
	United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the
	powers of arrest, search, and seizure under the laws of this state
	as to felony offenses only:
	(1)  Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of
	Investigation;
	(2)  Special Agents of the Secret Service;
	(3)  Special Agents of the United States Immigration
	and Customs Enforcement;
	(4)  Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
	Firearms and Explosives;
	(5)  Special Agents of the United States Drug
	Enforcement Administration;
	(6)  Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection
	Service;
	(7)  Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
	Division of the Internal Revenue Service;
	(8)  Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval
	Criminal Investigative Service;
	(9)  Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States
	Marshals Service;
	(10)  Special Agents of the United States Department of
	State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
	(11)  Special Agents of the Treasury Inspector General
	for Tax Administration;
	(12)  Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
	of the United States Social Security Administration;
	(13)  Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
	of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
	(14)  Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
	of the United States Department of Agriculture; and
	(15) [(14)]  a police officer with the Office of
	Security and Law Enforcement of the United States Department of
	Veterans Affairs.
	(b)  An officer or agent [A person] designated by the
	Secretary of Homeland Security [as a special policeman by the
	Federal Protective Services division of the General Services
	Administration] under 40 U.S.C. Section 1315 for duty in connection
	with the protection of property owned or occupied by the federal
	government and persons on the property [318 or 318d] is not a peace
	officer but has the powers of arrest and search and seizure as to
	any offense under the laws of this state.
	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, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3863 was passed by the House on May
	10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 3, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3863 was passed by the Senate on May
	22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor