Bill Text: TX HB183 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the duty of a law enforcement agency to request information regarding the immigration status of an arrested person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-11 - Considered in Calendars [HB183 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB183-Comm_Sub.html
  82R9969 MAW-D
 
  By: Solomons, Harper-Brown, et al. H.B. No. 183
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 183:
 
  By:  Frullo C.S.H.B. No. 183
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duty of a law enforcement agency to request
  information regarding the immigration status of an arrested person.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 2.252 to read as follows:
         Art. 2.252.  INFORMATION REQUEST REGARDING ARRESTED
  PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS.  Not later than 48 hours after a person
  is arrested and before the person is released on bond, the law
  enforcement agency that has custody of the person shall:
               (1)  request information regarding the person's
  immigration status from:
                     (A)  a peace officer or other law enforcement
  officer of this state who is authorized under federal law to verify
  a person's immigration status; or
                     (B)  a federal law enforcement officer, in
  accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1373(c); and
               (2)  notify United States Immigration and Customs
  Enforcement that the person is in the custody of the law enforcement
  agency if information received following a request under
  Subdivision (1) reveals that the person:
                     (A)  is not a citizen or national of the United
  States; and
                     (B)  is unlawfully present in the United States
  according to the terms of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of
  1986 (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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