Bill Text: TX HB181 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition against the construction or operation by a local governmental entity of a day labor center used to facilitate the employment of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-06 - Referred to State Affairs [HB181 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB181-Introduced.html
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By: Zedler | H.B. No. 181 |
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relating to a prohibition against the construction or operation by | ||
a local governmental entity of a day labor center used to facilitate | ||
the employment of aliens not lawfully present in the United States. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 247 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 247. CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF | ||
LOCAL GOVERNMENT | ||
Sec. 247.001. PROHIBITION AGAINST CONSTRUCTION OR | ||
OPERATION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OF DAY LABOR CENTER THAT | ||
FACILITATES EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Day laborer" means an individual engaged in or | ||
waiting to be engaged in occasional or irregular labor for which an | ||
individual is generally employed for a period not longer than that | ||
required to complete a specific assignment, and for which wages are | ||
paid directly to the individual or indirectly by a person who | ||
recruits day laborers or a third-party employer for work undertaken | ||
by the individual. The term does not include an individual engaged | ||
in or waiting to be engaged in labor of a professional or clerical | ||
nature. | ||
(2) "Day labor center" means a central facility or | ||
location at which day laborers assemble to find employment. The | ||
term does not include: | ||
(A) a temporary skilled labor agency; | ||
(B) a staff leasing service agency; | ||
(C) an employment counselor; | ||
(D) a talent agency; | ||
(E) an employment service or labor training | ||
program; or | ||
(F) a labor union hiring hall. | ||
(b) A municipality, county, or other local governmental | ||
entity may not use public money to construct or operate a day labor | ||
center used for the purpose of facilitating the knowing employment | ||
of any person who is not: | ||
(1) a United States citizen; | ||
(2) a legal permanent resident of the United States; | ||
or | ||
(3) a qualified alien or nonimmigrant under the | ||
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) who | ||
is lawfully present in the United States. | ||
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, 2013. |