{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-281.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.057","heading":"EMPLOYMENT OF DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 853, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 888, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 402 (S.B. 601), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 255 (S.B. 434), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 281. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF AT LEAST 190,000","SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.281.htm#281.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"1a2b5186559eade7861bbaa8238c0e875fb51354f430fb4b9d92621e1b591645","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-281.0565","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-281.058"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}