Bill Text: TX HB119 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to citizenship information reported by persons who receive local or state money to provide services to individuals in this state.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Referred to State Affairs [HB119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB119-Introduced.html
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| By: Larson | H.B. No. 119 | |
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| relating to citizenship information reported by persons who receive | ||
| local or state money to provide services to individuals in this | ||
| state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2113, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER F. CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION | ||
| Sec. 2113.351. CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION. A person, | ||
| including a state agency, political subdivision of this state, | ||
| nonprofit organization, or public or private entity, who receives | ||
| any appropriated money from the state to provide a health care, | ||
| educational, welfare, correctional, or other service to an | ||
| individual in this state shall: | ||
| (1) identify the individual's country of citizenship | ||
| before providing the service to the individual; | ||
| (2) determine the cost to this state of providing the | ||
| service to the individual if the individual is a citizen of a | ||
| foreign country; and | ||
| (3) submit to the comptroller in the format and within | ||
| the time required by comptroller rule the information required | ||
| under Subdivisions (1) and (2) and any other information required | ||
| by comptroller rule. | ||
| Sec. 2113.352. REPORT AND REIMBURSEMENT. From the | ||
| information collected under Section 2113.351 and under Section | ||
| 140.008, Local Government Code, the comptroller at least annually | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) compile a report that lists by country the total | ||
| amount of money spent by this state and any political subdivision of | ||
| this state to provide services to the citizens of each foreign | ||
| country and includes details, by category of service and political | ||
| subdivision, on the services provided; | ||
| (2) submit a copy of the report compiled under | ||
| Subdivision (1) to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker | ||
| of the house of representatives; and | ||
| (3) submit to each foreign country identified in the | ||
| report compiled under Subdivision (1) a request for reimbursement | ||
| of the total costs to this state and political subdivisions of this | ||
| state of providing the services to its citizens. | ||
| Sec. 2113.353. LIMITATION ON DISBURSEMENT. | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller may not disburse any | ||
| money to a person, including a state agency, political subdivision | ||
| of this state, nonprofit organization, or public or private entity, | ||
| who is subject to Section 2113.351 and who fails to comply with the | ||
| requirements of this subchapter and comptroller rules. | ||
| Sec. 2113.354. RULES. The comptroller by rule shall: | ||
| (1) prescribe the format and time for submitting the | ||
| information required under Section 2113.351; and | ||
| (2) adopt any other rules necessary to implement this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 140.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 140.008. CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION. (a) A person, | ||
| including a political subdivision of this state, nonprofit | ||
| organization, or public or private entity, who receives local or | ||
| state money to provide a health care, educational, welfare, | ||
| correctional, or other service to an individual in a political | ||
| subdivision of this state shall: | ||
| (1) identify the individual's country of citizenship | ||
| before providing the service to the individual; | ||
| (2) determine the cost to this state and the political | ||
| subdivision of providing the service to the individual if the | ||
| individual is a citizen of a foreign country; and | ||
| (3) submit to the political subdivision and to the | ||
| comptroller in the format and within the time required by | ||
| comptroller rule the information required under Subdivisions (1) | ||
| and (2) and any other information required by comptroller rule. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller or | ||
| political subdivision may not disburse any money to a person, | ||
| including a political subdivision of this state, nonprofit | ||
| organization, or public or private entity, who fails to comply with | ||
| the requirements of this section and comptroller rules. | ||
| (c) The comptroller by rule shall: | ||
| (1) prescribe the format and time for submitting the | ||
| information required under this section; and | ||
| (2) adopt any other rules necessary to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2013, the | ||
| comptroller of public accounts shall: | ||
| (1) prescribe the format and time for submitting: | ||
| (A) the information required under Section | ||
| 2113.351, Government Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
| (B) the information required under Section | ||
| 140.008, Local Government Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
| (2) adopt rules necessary to implement: | ||
| (A) Subchapter F, Chapter 2113, Government Code, | ||
| as added by this Act; and | ||
| (B) Section 140.008, Local Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Subchapter F, Chapter 2113, Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, or Section 140.008, Local Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, a person, including a state agency, | ||
| political subdivision of this state, nonprofit organization, or | ||
| public or private entity, is not required to comply with Subchapter | ||
| F or Section 140.008 or rules adopted under Subchapter F or Section | ||
| 140.008 until January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
