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By: Hall |
S.B. No. 1252 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 17, 2015, read |
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first time and referred to Subcommittee on Border Security; |
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April 21, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military |
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Installations; April 27, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 3; |
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April 27, 2015, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1252 |
By: Hall |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an interstate compact on border security and |
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immigration enforcement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 7, Government Code, is amended by adding |
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Chapter 793 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 793. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR BORDER SECURITY |
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Sec. 793.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "illegal alien" |
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means a person who: |
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(1) is not a citizen or national of the United States; |
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and |
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(2) is unlawfully present in the United States |
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according to the terms of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq. |
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Sec. 793.002. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE INTERSTATE COMPACT. On |
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behalf of this state, the governor shall: |
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(1) coordinate, develop, and execute an interstate |
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compact for border security among interested states; |
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(2) call a special session of the legislature to adopt |
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a compact described by Subdivision (1) on or before the 31st day |
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after another state adopts the compact; and |
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(3) seek the approval of the United States Congress |
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for the compact. |
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Sec. 793.003. INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVISIONS. The compact |
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required by this chapter must provide for joint action among |
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compacting states on matters that include: |
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(1) the operational control of this state's border |
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with Mexico by the total detection and apprehension or deflection |
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of illegal aliens attempting to cross the border into this state; |
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and |
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(2) otherwise enforcing federal immigration laws, |
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including detecting, apprehending, detaining, prosecuting, |
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releasing, and monitoring of illegal aliens. |
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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. |
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