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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duty of a local law enforcement agency to verify the |
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immigration status of certain arrested persons by use of the |
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federal Secure Communities program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 2.252 to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.252. VERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STATUS OF PERSON |
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CHARGED WITH COMMITTING OFFENSE. (a) A local law enforcement |
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agency that has custody of a person who has been arrested and |
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transported to a place of detention shall verify the immigration |
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status of the person by use of the federal Secure Communities |
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program operated by United States Immigration and Customs |
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Enforcement or a successor program. |
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(b) A local law enforcement agency is not required to |
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conduct an immigration status verification under Subsection (a) of |
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a person who is transferred to the custody of the agency by another |
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law enforcement agency if the transferring agency, before |
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transferring custody of the person, conducted an immigration status |
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verification under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |