Bill Text: TX SB167 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing immigration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB167 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB167-Introduced.html

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86R1577 BRG-D
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 167

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities
and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing
immigration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 752.053(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A local entity or campus police department may not:
(1) adopt or[,] 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.