87R9874 SGM-D
 
  By: Neave H.B. No. 2495
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate
  with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities
  that occur at a domestic violence shelter.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 752.053(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a local entity or
  campus police department may prohibit persons who are employed by
  or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity or
  department from assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration
  officer in matters regarding activities that occur:
               (1)  [if the assistance or cooperation occurs] at a
  place of worship; or
               (2)  at a domestic violence shelter.
         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, 2021.