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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.
______________________________ ______________________________
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
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor