Bill Text: TX SB259 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-31 - Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. [SB259 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB259-Introduced.html
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| By: Harris, Estes | S.B. No. 259 | |
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| relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the | ||
| immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 2.251 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2.251. IMMIGRATION STATUS INQUIRY BY PEACE OFFICER. | ||
| (a) A peace officer shall inquire into the immigration status of | ||
| any person under arrest on other grounds. | ||
| (b) If a person is under arrest as described by Subsection | ||
| (a) and the person has also violated a civil or criminal provision | ||
| of the federal immigration laws, the arresting peace officer shall | ||
| identify and report the person to United States Immigration and | ||
| Customs Enforcement. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
