Bill Text: TX HB2808 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2808 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to preventing the commandeering of state resources by the federal government.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select [HB2808 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2808-Introduced.html

	85R11218 CJC-D

	By: Swanson	H.B. No. 2808



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to preventing the commandeering of state resources by the
	federal government.
	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. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPENDITURES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF
	FEDERAL ACTIONS
	Sec. 2113.351. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "federal
	action" includes:
	(1) a federal law;
	(2) a federal agency rule, policy, or standard;
	(3) an executive order of the president of the United
	States; and
	(4) an order of a federal court.
	Sec. 2113.352. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES. (a) In order
	to prevent the commandeering of state resources by the federal
	government, a state agency may not use appropriated money to
	enforce a federal action unless that use is explicitly authorized
	by the legislature in:
	(1) the General Appropriations Act; or
	(2) other state law.
	(b) A state agency may ask the attorney general for advice
	in complying with this section. The attorney general shall provide
	the requested advice.
	SECTION 2. Section 2113.352, Government Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to the use of appropriated money by a state
	agency on or after September 1, 2017.
	SECTION 3. 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, 2017.