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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to designation of a governor's liaison for federally |
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recognized Native American tribes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the State-Tribal |
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Collaboration Act. |
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SECTION 2. Subtitle E, Title 4, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 471 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 471. STATE COLLABORATION WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES |
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Sec. 471.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Native American tribe" means a federally |
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recognized tribe, band, pueblo, or community, located wholly or |
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partially in this state, whose members are eligible for funding and |
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services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
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(2) "State agency" means an agency, department, |
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office, or other entity in the executive branch of state |
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government. |
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Sec. 471.002. NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE LIAISON. The governor |
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shall designate an employee of the governor's office or an employee |
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of the secretary of state's office to serve as liaison between the |
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Native American tribes in this state and the governor regarding |
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issues of mutual concern between the tribes and this state. |
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Sec. 471.003. NO CAUSE OF ACTION OR WAIVER OF IMMUNITY. |
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Nothing in this chapter creates a cause of action against a state |
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agency or waives state sovereign immunity or tribal immunity. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than October 1, 2017, the governor |
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shall designate a Native American tribe liaison as required by |
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Section 471.002, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |