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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations |
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granted by federal executive action. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Chapter 55 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 55. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS |
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Sec. 55.001. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS INVALID. |
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(a) The employment authorization of a foreign national that was |
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granted under a federal deferred action program created by |
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executive order, or an agency rule or policy, or a similar measure |
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adopted by an official or entity within the executive branch of the |
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federal government, is not valid or enforceable in this state if the |
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order, rule, policy, or measure exceeds the authority granted to |
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the executive branch by the United States Constitution and was not |
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ratified by the legislative branch of the federal government. |
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(b) An employer may not employ a person granted an |
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employment authorization described by Subsection (a) who is not |
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otherwise lawfully present in the United States. |
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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 September 1, 2015. |