Bill Text: TX SB108 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law at places of worship, hospitals, public schools, and courthouses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-26 - Filed [SB108 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB108-Introduced.html
  85S10808 JRR-D
 
  By: Garcia, Rodríguez S.B. No. 108
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law at places of
  worship, hospitals, public schools, and courthouses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 2.255 to read as follows:
         Art. 2.255.  ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AT
  PLACES OF WORSHIP, HOSPITALS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND COURTHOUSES. (a)  
  A law enforcement agency or other governmental entity that employs
  a peace officer shall adopt and enforce a policy that prohibits the
  agency's or entity's peace officers from participating in the
  enforcement of federal law relating to aliens, immigrants, or
  immigration, including the federal Immigration and Nationality Act
  (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.), on the property of a place of
  worship, hospital, public school, including a public institution of
  higher education, or courthouse.
         (b)  The attorney general, in consultation with agencies and
  entities described by Subsection (a), shall develop and publish a
  model policy on the attorney general's Internet website for the
  enforcement of federal immigration law at places of worship,
  hospitals, public schools, and courthouses to ensure that those
  facilities remain safe and accessible to all residents of this
  state regardless of immigration status.
         SECTION 2.  Section 752.053, Government Code, as effective
  September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 752.053.  POLICIES AND ACTIONS REGARDING IMMIGRATION
  ENFORCEMENT. (a) Except as provided by Article 2.255, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, a [A] local entity or campus police department
  may not:
               (1)  adopt, enforce, or endorse a policy under which
  the entity or department prohibits or materially limits the
  enforcement of immigration laws;
               (2)  as demonstrated by pattern or practice, prohibit
  or materially limit the enforcement of immigration laws; or
               (3)  for an entity that is a law enforcement agency or
  for a department, as demonstrated by pattern or practice,
  intentionally violate Article 2.251, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (b)  Except as provided by Article 2.255, Code of Criminal
  Procedure [In compliance with Subsection (a)], a local entity or
  campus police department, in compliance with Subsection (a), may
  not prohibit or materially limit a person who is a commissioned
  peace officer described by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, a corrections officer, a booking clerk, a magistrate, or
  a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or other
  prosecuting attorney and who is employed by or otherwise under the
  direction or control of the entity or department from doing any of
  the following:
               (1)  inquiring into the immigration status of a person
  under a lawful detention or under arrest;
               (2)  with respect to information relating to the
  immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any person under a
  lawful detention or under arrest, including information regarding
  the person's place of birth:
                     (A)  sending the information to or requesting or
  receiving the information from United States Citizenship and
  Immigration Services, United States Immigration and Customs
  Enforcement, or another relevant federal agency;
                     (B)  maintaining the information; or
                     (C)  exchanging the information with another
  local entity or campus police department or a federal or state
  governmental entity;
               (3)  assisting or cooperating with a federal
  immigration officer as reasonable or necessary, including
  providing enforcement assistance; or
               (4)  permitting a federal immigration officer to enter
  and conduct enforcement activities at a jail to enforce federal
  immigration laws.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3) and subject to
  Article 2.255, Code of Criminal Procedure, a local entity or campus
  police department may prohibit persons who are employed by or
  otherwise under the direction or control of the entity or
  department from assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration
  officer if the assistance or cooperation occurs at a place of
  worship.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.
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