H.B. No. 4372

	AN ACT
	relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain private
	schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 37.0818 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.0818.  PRIVATE SCHOOL PEACE OFFICERS. (a)  This
	section applies only to a private school that has an enrollment of
	at least 1,500 students.
	(b)  The governing body of a private school to which this
	section applies may commission peace officers to enforce state and
	local law on a campus of the school.
	(c)  A peace officer commissioned by a private school under
	this section must meet all minimum standards for peace officers
	established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
	SECTION 2.  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, officers, and members of the reserve
	officer corps 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 or
	37.0818, 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)  officers commissioned under Chapter 23,
	Transportation Code;
	(12)  municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
	security officers;
	(13)  security officers and investigators commissioned
	as peace officers by the comptroller;
	(14)  officers commissioned by a water control and
	improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
	(15)  officers commissioned by a board of trustees
	under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
	(16)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical
	Board;
	(17)  officers commissioned by:
	(A)  the board of managers of the Dallas County
	Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar
	County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District
	under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
	(B)  the board of directors of the Ector County
	Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local
	Laws Code;
	(C)  the board of directors of the Midland County
	Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121,
	Special District Local Laws Code; and
	(D)  the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock
	County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, under Section
	1053.113, Special District Local Laws Code;
	(18)  county park rangers commissioned under
	Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
	(19)  investigators employed by the Texas Racing
	Commission;
	(20)  officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
	Occupations Code;
	(21)  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;
	(22)  investigators commissioned by the attorney
	general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
	(23)  security officers and investigators commissioned
	as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
	(24)  officers appointed by an appellate court under
	Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
	(25)  officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
	under Chapter 417, Government Code;
	(26)  an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
	of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
	(27)  apprehension specialists and inspectors general
	commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers
	under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
	(28)  officers appointed by the inspector general of
	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
	Government Code;
	(29)  investigators commissioned by the Texas
	Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations
	Code;
	(30)  commission investigators commissioned by the
	Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061, Occupations
	Code;
	(31)  the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
	investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
	Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
	(32)  officers commissioned by the State Board of
	Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
	to the limitations imposed by that section;
	(33)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
	Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human
	Resources Code; and
	(34)  the fire marshal and any related officers,
	inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
	Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4372 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4372 was passed by the Senate on May
	23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor