85R363 SCL-D
 
  By: Schofield H.B. No. 1109
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the enforcement by certain governmental entities of
  state and federal laws governing immigration.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 11, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 364 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 364. ENFORCEMENT OF STATE AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS
         Sec. 364.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Immigration laws" means the laws of this state or
  federal law relating to immigrants or immigration, including the
  federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et
  seq.).
               (2)  "Lawful detention" means the detention of an
  individual by a local entity for the investigation of a criminal
  offense. The term excludes a detention if the sole reason for the
  detention is that the individual:
                     (A)  is a victim of or witness to a criminal
  offense; or
                     (B)  is reporting a criminal offense.
               (3)  "Local entity" means:
                     (A)  the governing body of a municipality, county,
  or special district or authority, subject to Sections 364.002(a)
  and (b);
                     (B)  an officer or employee of or a division,
  department, or other body that is part of a municipality, county, or
  special district or authority, including a sheriff, municipal
  police department, municipal attorney, or county attorney; and
                     (C)  a district attorney or criminal district
  attorney.
         Sec. 364.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter
  does not apply to a school district or open-enrollment charter
  school. This chapter does not apply to the release of information
  contained in education records of an educational agency or
  institution, except in conformity with the Family Educational
  Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).
         (b)  This chapter does not apply to a hospital or hospital
  district created under Subtitle C or D, Title 4, Health and Safety
  Code, or a hospital district created under a general or special law
  authorized by Article IX, Texas Constitution, to the extent that
  the hospital or hospital district is providing access to or
  delivering medical or health care services as required under the
  following applicable federal or state laws:
               (1)  42 U.S.C. Section 1395dd;
               (2)  42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v);
               (3)  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code;
               (4)  Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code; and
               (5)  Section 311.022, Health and Safety Code.
         (c)  Subsection (b) does not exclude the application of this
  chapter to a commissioned peace officer employed by or commissioned
  by a hospital or hospital district subject to Subsection (b).
         Sec. 364.003.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY REGARDING
  IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. (a) A local entity shall not adopt a
  rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity prohibits
  the enforcement of immigration laws.
         (b)  In compliance with Subsection (a), a local entity shall
  not prohibit a person who is a commissioned peace officer described
  by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, a corrections officer,
  a booking clerk, a magistrate, or a district attorney, criminal
  district attorney, or other prosecuting attorney and who is
  employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the
  entity from doing any of the following:
               (1)  inquiring into the immigration status of a person
  under a lawful detention or under arrest;
               (2)  with respect to information relating to the
  immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any person under a
  lawful detention or under arrest:
                     (A)  sending the information to or requesting or
  receiving the information from United States Citizenship and
  Immigration Services or United States Immigration and Customs
  Enforcement, including information regarding a person's place of
  birth;
                     (B)  maintaining the information; or
                     (C)  exchanging the information with another
  local entity or a federal or state governmental entity;
               (3)  assisting or cooperating with a federal
  immigration officer as reasonable and necessary, including
  providing enforcement assistance; or
               (4)  permitting a federal immigration officer to enter
  and conduct enforcement activities at a municipal or county jail to
  enforce federal immigration laws.
         Sec. 364.004.  DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. A local entity or
  a person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of
  the entity may not consider race, color, language, or national
  origin while enforcing immigration laws except to the extent
  permitted by the United States Constitution or Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 364.005.  CITIZEN COMPLAINT; EQUITABLE RELIEF. (a)
  Any citizen residing in the jurisdiction of a local entity may file
  a complaint with the attorney general if the citizen offers
  evidence to support an allegation that the entity has adopted a
  rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity prohibits
  the enforcement of immigration laws or that the entity, by
  consistent actions, prohibits the enforcement of those laws. The
  citizen must include with the complaint the evidence the citizen
  has that supports the complaint.
         (b)  If the attorney general determines that a complaint
  filed under Subsection (a) against a local entity is valid, the
  attorney general shall, not later than the 10th day after the date
  of the determination, provide written notification to the entity
  that:
               (1)  the complaint has been filed;
               (2)  the attorney general has determined that the
  complaint is valid;
               (3)  the attorney general is authorized to file an
  action to enjoin the violation if the entity does not come into
  compliance with the requirements of Section 364.003 on or before
  the 90th day after the date the notification is provided; and
               (4)  the entity will be denied state funds for the state
  fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial
  determination in an action brought under Subsection (c) is made.
         (c)  If the attorney general determines that a complaint
  filed under Subsection (a) against a local entity is valid, the
  attorney general may file a petition for a writ of mandamus or apply
  for other appropriate equitable relief in a district court in
  Travis County or in a county in which the principal office of the
  entity is located to compel the entity that adopts a rule, order,
  ordinance, or policy under which the local entity prohibits the
  enforcement of immigration laws or that, by consistent actions,
  prohibits the enforcement of those laws to comply with Section
  364.003.  The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses
  incurred in obtaining relief under this subsection, including court
  costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness
  fees, and deposition costs.
         (d)  An appeal of a suit brought under Subsection (c) is
  governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases
  under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appellate court
  shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible
  delay.
         Sec. 364.006.  DENIAL OF STATE FUNDS. (a) A local entity
  may not receive state funds if the entity adopts a rule, order,
  ordinance, or policy under which the entity prohibits the
  enforcement of immigration laws or, by consistent actions,
  prohibits the enforcement of immigration laws.
         (b)  State funds for a local entity shall be denied for the
  state fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial
  determination in an action brought under Section 364.005 is made
  that the entity has intentionally prohibited the enforcement of
  immigration laws.
         (c)  The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this
  section uniformly among the state agencies from which state funds
  are distributed to a municipality or county.
         (d)  A local entity that has not violated Section 364.003 may
  not be denied state funds, regardless of whether the entity is a
  part of another entity that is in violation of that section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.