Bill Text: TX HB4262 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a restriction on the expenditure of state money by a state agency for the purpose of border security.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB4262 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4262-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 4262 | |
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| relating to a restriction on the expenditure of state money by a | ||
| state agency for the purpose of border security. | ||
| 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 RELATED TO BORDER | ||
| SECURITY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF STATE | ||
| Sec. 2113.351. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Border security" means activities associated | ||
| with deterring crimes and enforcing state laws: | ||
| (A) that relate to: | ||
| (i) offenses listed in Section 772.0071; or | ||
| (ii) federal law enforcement operations; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) for which this state receives federal grants | ||
| intended to enhance law enforcement. | ||
| (2) "Qualifying county" means a county that is: | ||
| (A) adjacent to or within 20 miles of an | ||
| international border; | ||
| (B) adjacent to a county located on an | ||
| international border; or | ||
| (C) adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, | ||
| as defined by Section 51.002, Transportation Code. | ||
| Sec. 2113.352. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES. A state agency | ||
| may not use appropriated money for a purpose directly related to | ||
| border security in a qualifying county unless the Legislative | ||
| Budget Board certifies to the state agency that the state has | ||
| received a commitment from the federal government to reimburse the | ||
| state for the expenditure. | ||
| 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. | ||
