S.B. No. 530

	AN ACT
	relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
	special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United
	States Social Security Administration and to updating certain
	references related to the grant of that authority to other federal
	law enforcement personnel.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (c), Article 2.122, 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 [under the laws of the State of Texas]:
	(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,
	[and] Firearms and Explosives;
	(5)  Special Agents of the United States [Federal] Drug
	Enforcement Administration [Agency];
	(6)  Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection
	Service;
	(7)  Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
	Division [and Inspectors of the Internal Security 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 Citizenship
	and Immigration Services; and
	[(11)]  Special Agents of the United States Department
	of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
	(11)  Special Agents of the Treasury Inspector General
	for Tax Administration; and
	(12)  Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
	of the United States Social Security Administration.
	(c)  A Customs and Border Protection Officer or Border Patrol
	Agent of the United States Customs and Border Protection or an [a
	Border Patrol agent,] immigration enforcement agent[,] or
	deportation officer of the Department of Homeland Security is not a
	peace officer under the laws of this state but, on the premises of a
	port facility designated by the commissioner of the United States
	Customs and Border Protection as a port of entry for arrival in the
	United States by land transportation from the United Mexican States
	into the State of Texas or at a permanent established border patrol
	traffic check point, has the authority to detain a person pending
	transfer without unnecessary delay to a peace officer if the agent
	or officer has probable cause to believe that the person has engaged
	in conduct that is a violation of Section 49.02, 49.04, 49.07, or
	49.08, Penal Code, regardless of whether the violation may be
	disposed of in a criminal proceeding or a juvenile justice
	proceeding.
	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, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the Senate on
	April 29, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the House on
	May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor