80R1675 MTB-D
 
  By: Zedler H.B. No. 907
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws
by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 421, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 421.902 to read as follows:
       Sec. 421.902.  IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  Subject to
approval by the governor, the public safety director of the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall enter into
an agreement with the United States Office of the Attorney General
or other appropriate federal agency relating to the state's
enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws in this state,
including detentions, removals, and investigations.
       (b)  The public safety director of the Department of Public
Safety of the State of Texas shall designate appropriate peace
officers to be trained in accordance with the agreement described
by Subsection (a). A peace officer certified as trained in
accordance with the agreement is authorized to enforce federal
immigration and customs laws within the scope of the officer's
authorized duties.
       (c)  The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
shall ensure that the training described by Subsection (b) is
financed using federal money received under the Department of
Homeland Security Appropriations Act or other federal law.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.