Bill Text: TX SB308 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of campus police departments at private institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB308 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB308-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 308 |
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relating to the powers and duties of campus police departments at | ||
private institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.212, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Any officer commissioned under the provisions of this | ||
section is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities | ||
of peace officers if the officer: | ||
(1) is on the property under the control and | ||
jurisdiction of the respective private institution of higher | ||
education or is otherwise performing duties assigned to the officer | ||
by the institution, regardless of whether the officer is on | ||
property under the control and jurisdiction of the institution, but | ||
provided these duties are [ |
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the institution has land; or | ||
(2) to the extent authorized by Section 51.2125, is: | ||
(A) requested by another law enforcement agency | ||
to provide assistance in enforcing state or local law, including a | ||
municipal ordinance, and is acting in response to that request; or | ||
(B) otherwise assisting another law enforcement | ||
agency in enforcing a law described by Paragraph (A). | ||
(f) A campus police department of a private institution of | ||
higher education is a law enforcement agency and a governmental | ||
body for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, only with | ||
respect to information relating solely to law enforcement | ||
activities. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 308 passed the Senate on | ||
March 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 308 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |