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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 281.057

EMPLOYMENT OF DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The board of the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar County Hospital District, the El Paso County Hospital District, or the Harris County Hospital District may employ and commission peace officers for the district.

(b) The jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under this section includes the property owned or controlled by the district that employs the peace officer and any street abutting, right-of-way over or through, or easement in the property.

(c) In a district peace officer's jurisdiction, the peace officer has the authority granted by Chapter 14, Code of Criminal Procedure. The peace officer may also make an arrest without a warrant in the officer's jurisdiction if the offense involves injury or harm to any property owned or controlled by the district.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.