Bill Text: TX SB1801 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations granted by federal executive action.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1801-Introduced.html
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| By: Taylor of Galveston | S.B. No. 1801 | |
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| relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations | ||
| granted by federal executive action. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 55 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 55. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS | ||
| Sec. 55.001. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATIONS INVALID. | ||
| (a) The employment authorization of a foreign national that was | ||
| granted under a federal deferred action program created by | ||
| executive order, or an agency rule or policy, or a similar measure | ||
| adopted by an official or entity within the executive branch of the | ||
| federal government, is not valid or enforceable in this state if the | ||
| order, rule, policy, or measure exceeds the authority granted to | ||
| the executive branch by the United States Constitution and was not | ||
| ratified by the legislative branch of the federal government. | ||
| (b) An employer may not employ a person granted an | ||
| employment authorization described by Subsection (a) who is not | ||
| otherwise lawfully present in the United States. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
