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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the abolishment of the Office of Immigration and |
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Refugee Affairs and the Governor's Advisory Committee on |
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Immigration and Refugees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 752, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. The Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs |
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and the Governor's Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees |
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are abolished. On the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) all money other than federal money of the office is |
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transferred to the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(2) all contracts, leases, rights, obligations, and |
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personal property, including records, in the custody of the office, |
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other than federal contracts, leases, rights, obligations, and |
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personal property, are transferred to the commission; and |
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(3) all remaining federal money, contracts, leases, |
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rights, obligations, and personal property are transferred as |
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directed by the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of |
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the United States Department of Health and Human Services. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |