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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing |
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immigration by certain governmental entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 370.003, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 370.003. LOCAL GOVERNMENT [MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY] POLICY |
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REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF STATE AND FEDERAL [DRUG] LAWS. (a) The |
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governing body of a municipality, [the commissioners court of a] |
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county, or special district or authority, or an officer, employee, |
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or other body that is part of a municipality, county, or special |
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district or authority, including a sheriff, municipal police |
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department, municipal attorney, county attorney, district |
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attorney, or criminal district attorney, may not adopt a policy |
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under which the entity will not fully enforce the laws of this state |
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or federal law relating to: |
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(1) drugs, including Chapters 481 and 483, Health and |
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Safety Code; and |
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(2) immigrants or immigration, including the federal |
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Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1373)[, and
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federal law]. |
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(b) In compliance with Subsection (a)(2), a local entity |
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described by Subsection (a) may not prohibit or in any manner |
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restrict an officer, employee, or other body that is part of the |
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local entity, including a sheriff, municipal police department, |
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municipal attorney, county attorney, district attorney, or |
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criminal district attorney, from, with respect to information |
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relating to the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any |
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individual: |
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(1) sending the information to or requesting or |
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receiving the information from the United States Bureau of |
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Citizenship and Immigration Services or United States Immigration |
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and Customs Enforcement, including information regarding an |
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individual's place of birth; |
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(2) maintaining the information; or |
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(3) exchanging the information with another federal, |
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state, or local governmental entity. |
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(c) In addition to requirements imposed by Subsection (b), a |
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local entity described by Subsection (a) may not prohibit or in any |
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manner restrict an officer, employee, or other body that is part of |
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the local entity, including a sheriff, municipal police department, |
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municipal attorney, county attorney, district attorney, or |
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criminal district attorney, from doing any of the following: |
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(1) assisting or cooperating with a federal |
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immigration officer as reasonable and necessary, including |
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providing enforcement assistance; or |
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(2) permitting a federal immigration officer to enter |
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and conduct enforcement activities at a municipal or county jail to |
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enforce federal immigration laws. |
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(d) A local entity described by Subsection (a) may not |
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receive state grant funds if the local entity adopts a rule, order, |
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ordinance, or policy under which the local entity violates |
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Subsection (c) or will not fully enforce the laws of this state or |
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federal laws relating to Subsection (a)(2) or, by consistent |
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actions, violates Subsection (c) or fails to fully enforce the laws |
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of this state or federal laws relating to Subsection (a)(2). State |
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grant funds for the local entity shall be denied for the fiscal year |
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following the year in which the rule, order, ordinance, or policy is |
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adopted or the determination is made that the entity has |
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intentionally violated Subsection (c) or failed to fully enforce |
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the laws of this state or federal laws relating to Subsection |
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(a)(2). The Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy |
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shall adopt rules to implement this subsection uniformly among the |
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state agencies from which state grant funds are distributed to a |
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local entity. |
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(e) Any citizen residing in a local entity described by |
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Subsection (a) that allegedly adopts a rule, order, ordinance, or |
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policy under which the local entity violates Subsection (c) or will |
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not fully enforce the laws of this state or federal laws relating to |
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Subsection (a)(2) or, by consistent actions, violates Subsection |
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(c) or fails to fully enforce the laws of this state or federal laws |
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relating to Subsection (a)(2) may file a petition in a district |
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court of a county in which the entity is located for a writ of |
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mandamus to compel compliance with Subsection (c) or Subsection |
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(a)(2). |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 370, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO [MUNICIPAL AND
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COUNTY] HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE |
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TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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