Sec. 51.203. CAMPUS PEACE OFFICERS. (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:
(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.
(d) Any officer assigned to duty and commissioned shall take and file the oath required of peace officers.
(e) Any person commissioned under this Act must be a certified police officer under the requirements of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 468, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.12, eff. May 18, 2013.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1985–2018 · leading case:
State v. Rodriguez, 521 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. Crim. App. 2017).
State v. Rodriguez, 521 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. Crim. App. 2017).
“See Tex. Educ. Code § 51.203. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that university police officers do not always act as state agents, and that they may be private actors when they serve as mere adjuncts to the actions of an administrator of a private university.”
Ramirez v. Fifth Club, Inc., 144 S.W.3d 574 (Tex. App. 2004).
· cites it 2× “03(d); Tex. Educ.Code Ann. §§ 51.203, .212. We therefore hold that the district court properly submitted the question of official immunity to the jury.”
Haug v. Franklin, 690 S.W.2d 646 (Tex. App. 1985).
“See Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 51.203 (1972). In January 1982, he was refused re-admission for the spring semester because he had not paid the charges claimed by the University for his violations of its parking and traffic regulations.”
Reichaert v. State, 830 S.W.2d 348 (Tex. App. 1992).
“However, we also hold that [the officer] was without lawful authority or power to make a warrantless arrest of appellant for committing a traffic offense, because he was then acting outside of his jurisdictional limits as prescribed by Section 51.”
State v. Backus, 881 S.W.2d 591 (Tex. App. 1994).
· cites it 2× “Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 51.203 (West Supp. 1994).”
Lundy v. State, 891 S.W.2d 727 (Tex. App. 1994).
“, Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 51.203 (Vernon Supp.”
State v. Carroll, 855 S.W.2d 128 (Tex. App. 1993).
“Laws 3072, 3089 (Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 51.203, since amended) (emphasis added).”
Gary L. Graf v. State, 925 S.W.2d 740 (Tex. App. 1996).
“Laws 3072 , 3089 (Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 51.203, since amended) (emphasis added).”
— Tex. Educ. Code § 51.203(a) — 2 cases
Ramirez v. Fifth Club, Inc., 144 S.W.3d 574 (Tex. App. 2004).
“03(d); Tex. Educ.Code Ann. §§ 51.203, .212. We therefore hold that the district court properly submitted the question of official immunity to the jury.”
— Tex. Educ. Code § 51.203(b) — 1 case
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