Bill Text: TX HB826 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on the financial impact of undocumented immigrants on the state budget and economy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB826 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB826-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | H.B. No. 826 |
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relating to an annual report on the financial impact of | ||
undocumented immigrants on the state budget and economy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 403.0302 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 403.0302. REPORT ON FINANCIAL IMPACT OF UNDOCUMENTED | ||
IMMIGRANTS. (a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the | ||
comptroller shall publish a report containing a comprehensive | ||
financial analysis of the impact of undocumented immigrants on the | ||
state budget and economy. | ||
(b) For purposes of the annual report, the comptroller shall | ||
apply the methodology used for the comptroller's special report, | ||
"Undocumented Immigrants in Texas: A Financial Analysis of the | ||
Impact to the State Budget and Economy," published in December | ||
2006. | ||
SECTION 2. The comptroller shall publish the first report | ||
required under Section 403.0302, Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act, not later than September 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |