88R1807 JCG-F
 
  By: Slaton H.B. No. 91
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an
  illegal alien.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Section 30.055 to read as follows:
         Sec. 30.055.  CRIMINAL TRESPASS BY ILLEGAL ALIEN. (a) A
  person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  is a citizen of any country other than the United
  States; and
               (2)  enters or remains on or in any public or private
  property in this state in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1325 or
  1326.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
  degree.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.