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The Honorable Jerry Patterson - Page 2
Section 51.203 provides in relevant part as follows:
(a) The governing boards of each state2 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 [E, Protection
of Buildings and Grounds, of chapter 51 of the Education Code]. 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
(1) is summoned by another law enforcement agency to provide
assistance;
(2) is assisting another law enforcement agency; or
(3) is otherwise performing his duties as a peace officer for the
institution of higher education or public technical institute that employs
the peace officer.
You do not ask and we do not consider whether San Jacinto College is a "state" institution of higher edcation
for the purposes of this section. See supra note 1; but see Act of April 25, 1967, 60th Leg., RS., ch. 80, 1967 Tex.
Gen. Laws 151, 151 (caption of subchapter E of chapter 51 as originally enacted) ("An Act providing for the protection,
safety and welfare of students and employees of the respective governing boards and for the protection and policing
of the buildings and grounds of the state institutions of higher education including public junior colleges of this state
S till)(L97-111)
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO97-111, text, December 10, 1997; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth277293/m1/2/?q=%221997~%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.