Bill Text: TX HB91 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an illegal alien.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB91 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB91-Introduced.html
88R1807 JCG-F | ||
By: Slaton | H.B. No. 91 |
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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. |