Bill Text: TX HB2396 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2396 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2396-Introduced.html
  88R8901 JCG-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 2396
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an interstate compact on border security and
  immigration enforcement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 7, Government Code, is amended by adding
  Chapter 794 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 794.  INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR BORDER SECURITY
         Sec. 794.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "illegal alien"
  means a person who:
               (1)  is not a citizen or national of the United States;
  and
               (2)  is unlawfully present in the United States
  according to the terms of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.
         Sec. 794.002.  AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE INTERSTATE COMPACT. On
  behalf of this state, the governor may:
               (1)  coordinate, develop, and execute an interstate
  compact for border security among interested states; and
               (2)  seek the approval of the United States Congress
  for the compact.
         Sec. 794.003.  CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. The compact
  authorized by this chapter takes effect only if approved by the
  United States Congress not later than the 10th anniversary of the
  date the compact is executed by the governor under Section 794.002.
         Sec. 794.004.  INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVISIONS. The compact
  authorized by this chapter must provide for joint action and mutual
  support among compacting states on matters that include:
               (1)  the operational control of this state's border
  with Mexico by the detection and apprehension or deflection of
  illegal aliens attempting to cross the border into this state;
               (2)  any other enforcement of federal immigration laws,
  including the detecting, apprehending, detaining, prosecuting,
  releasing, and monitoring of illegal aliens; and
               (3)  mutual support for the infrastructure, equipment,
  software, personnel, and any other expense necessary or convenient
  for ensuring that the purposes described by Subdivisions (1) and
  (2) are adequately supported and achieved.
         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, 2023.
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