Bill Text: TX HB29 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an illegal alien.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-09 - Filed [HB29 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB29-Introduced.html
| By: Slaton | H.B. No. 29 | |
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| relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an | ||
| illegal alien. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 30.055 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 30.055. CRIMINAL TRESPASS BY ILLEGAL ALIEN. (a) A | ||
| person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) is a citizen of any country other than the United | ||
| States; and | ||
| (2) enters or remains on or in any public or private | ||
| property in this state in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1325 or | ||
| 1326. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third | ||
| degree. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
