Texas Education Code

§ 51.203 — CAMPUS PEACE OFFICERS

ED § 51.203Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. E. PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

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(a)The governing boards of each state institution of higher education and public technical institute may employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. The primary jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under this section includes all counties in which property is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise under the control of the institution of higher education or public technical institute that employs the peace officer.

(b)Within a peace officer's primary jurisdiction, a peace officer commissioned under this section:

(1)is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers;

(2)may, in accordance with Chapter 14, Code of Criminal Procedure, arrest without a warrant any person who violates a law of the state; and

(3)may enforce all traffic laws on streets and highways.

(c)Outside a peace officer's primary jurisdiction a peace officer commissioned under this section is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers and may arrest any person who violates any law of the state if the peace officer:

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.12, eff. May 18, 2013.